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Dick Durbin: “Congress should pass a law that says no money gets spent unless it gets specifically voted out every year.”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
Congress should pass a law that says no money gets spent unless it gets specifically voted out every year.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin advocates for annual voting on government spending.

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