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Daniel Inouye: “Never happened before until right now. It is unprecedented. And that kind of partisanship is why people are so unhappy…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 2011
Never happened before until right now. It is unprecedented. And that kind of partisanship is why people are so unhappy with their Government.
Said by
Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

Editor's note · Context

Inouye criticizes unprecedented partisan actions against the CFPB's existence.

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