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Dick Durbin: “And the question is whether words in the Constitution will allow us the flexibility to accommodate that.”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
And the question is whether words in the Constitution will allow us the flexibility to accommodate that.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin questions constitutional flexibility in addressing economic challenges.

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