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John Sarbanes: “I want to make this observation about the comments of the Senator from Mississippi. Never before has the Congress used…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
I want to make this observation about the comments of the Senator from Mississippi. Never before has the Congress used as a coercive tactic to close down the Government in order to try to gain its way for a fundamental change----
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Addressing the use of government shutdowns as a tactic in Congress.

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