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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
there was a failure to govern, even with 250 some members in the House and at one point 60 Senators in the United States Senate in control of the White House.
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Tom Latham
Iowa

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Latham expresses frustration over the lack of governance despite Democratic control.

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