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Jim Risch: “We need a set of rules that we all acknowledge are binding as far as whose job it is to do what in this democracy.”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
We need a set of rules that we all acknowledge are binding as far as whose job it is to do what in this democracy.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch calls for clear rules regarding governmental roles in democracy.

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