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Jamie Raskin: “We need to reject this latest proposal in a string of terrible proposals, this sabotage of the United States civil…”

On the recordMay 15, 2018
We need to reject this latest proposal in a string of terrible proposals, this sabotage of the United States civil service.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Call to oppose proposals undermining federal civil service.

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