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Ed Markey: It's also worth asking the question: what is the purpose of such a compact if any party may simply break it, at will…

On the recordOctober 3, 2011
It's also worth asking the question: what is the purpose of such a compact if any party may simply break it, at will, without ramifications?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey questions the integrity of compacts if they can be easily broken.

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