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Ed Whitfield: “I would say that in 1974 when Congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act... Congress has met the…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2012
I would say that in 1974 when Congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act... Congress has met the deadline for completion of a budget resolution only six times.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield highlights Congress's failure to meet budget deadlines since the 1974 Act.

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