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Dirk Kempthorne: “Is it also accurate to state that in 1980 there was a Supreme Court case which I believe was called Harris versus McRae…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1997
Is it also accurate to state that in 1980 there was a Supreme Court case which I believe was called Harris versus McRae in which the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Hyde amendment?
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Dirk Kempthorne
Idaho

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Discussing the Supreme Court case Harris v. McRae and the Hyde amendment.

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