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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Somebody's going to have to, 'call the Senate's bluff.'”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
Somebody's going to have to, 'call the Senate's bluff.'
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the need for the President to take decisive action against Senate inaction.

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