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Steve King: I know what the grandfather clause does, it takes away some of the resistance in the short term but eventually ends up…

On the recordSeptember 10, 2012
I know what the grandfather clause does, it takes away some of the resistance in the short term but eventually ends up with the same result in the long term.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King critiques the long-term effectiveness of the grandfather clause in contracts.

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