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Niki Tsongas: If you really care about opening the national parks, about putting our government workers back to work, that we could…

On the recordOctober 15, 2013
If you really care about opening the national parks, about putting our government workers back to work, that we could have a vote today on a clean CR.
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Niki Tsongas
Massachusetts

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Tsongas urges immediate action to fund the government and reopen national parks.

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