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Nancy Boyda: Did we mean it last November when we said we would change Congress, or were our words just mere election-year slogans?

On the recordJune 5, 2007
Did we mean it last November when we said we would change Congress, or were our words just mere election-year slogans?

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Nancy Boyda questions the sincerity of the Democratic promise to change Congress in light of corruption allegations.

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