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Paul Broun: “The folks watching on C-SPAN tonight, Mr. Akin, may wonder if Congressional Research Service is some far-out right-wing…”

On the recordJune 23, 2010
The folks watching on C-SPAN tonight, Mr. Akin, may wonder if Congressional Research Service is some far-out right-wing group that might be trying to hammer the Democrats and trying to castigate them in a negative light. But that's not so, is it?
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia
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Jun 23, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is addressing perceptions of the Congressional Research Service's political bias.

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