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On the recordFebruary 10, 2011
As a matter of policy, does it make sense for a regulatory agency, whether it be the NLRB or any other agency, to tell a State where an overwhelming number of their voters have passed a proposition, have passed a constitutional amendment, that it can't, in fact, go into effect?
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King questions the authority of regulatory agencies over state voter decisions.

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