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Rand Paul: “I'm not really willing to discuss it in the framework that he's made up for himself. I mean, for goodness sakes, it was…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 2013
I'm not really willing to discuss it in the framework that he's made up for himself. I mean, for goodness sakes, it was his proposal.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Paul responds to Obama's framing of the budget cuts debate, emphasizing that the sequester was Obama's idea.

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