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Barney Frank: “That is very reassuring because that gives us two chances to kill it: one with better minds; and, two, with the Senate…”

On the recordMarch 26, 1996
That is very reassuring because that gives us two chances to kill it: one with better minds; and, two, with the Senate as apparently an alternative line of defense there.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing strategies to oppose a legislative proposal.

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