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Chris Van Hollen: Why would you enter into an agreement where our Republican colleagues can come back and say well, hey, we can spend $1…

On the recordApril 24, 2012
Why would you enter into an agreement where our Republican colleagues can come back and say well, hey, we can spend $1 billion on all the operations of the U.S. Government?
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Questioning the validity of the Republican budget agreement.

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