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Susan Collins: “84 to 85 percent of the budget is, if you will, spoken for.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2016
84 to 85 percent of the budget is, if you will, spoken for.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins explains budget constraints for the bill.

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