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John Rice Carter: “We all know a political election-year budget proposal when we see one, and I am afraid that is what we have here today.”

On the recordMarch 10, 2014
We all know a political election-year budget proposal when we see one, and I am afraid that is what we have here today.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Carter labels the budget proposal as politically motivated.

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