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On the recordDecember 13, 2012
It was a bipartisan vote on the Budget Control Act, which spelled out how we would reach this terrible moment if the supercommittee failed. I sincerely hope we never reach this moment, that there is a good-faith effort by both parties to avoid it.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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