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On the recordDecember 14, 2009
The problem is that Congress needs to be restrained. And if it can't restrain itself, well, then somebody has to. That tends to be the executive branch.
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Evan Bayh
Democratic · Indiana

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Senator Bayh discusses the need for Congress to exercise restraint in spending.

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