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Amy Coney Barrett: “That seems pretty empty because it would be just kind of throwing a number out there for the sake of throwing a number.”

On the recordMarch 25, 2025
That seems pretty empty because it would be just kind of throwing a number out there for the sake of throwing a number.
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Amy Coney Barrett
Independent · District of Columbia

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Justice Barrett criticized the idea of arbitrary spending limits.

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