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On the recordMay 9, 2011
Let us do a 4-year test drive... to go into domestic discretionary spending, defense spending.
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Thomas Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper proposes a 4-year trial for presidential rescission powers focused on specific spending areas.

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