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Claire McCaskill: I think that would be important because we do not want to start a whole new book of precedent.

On the recordNovember 30, 2011
I think that would be important because we do not want to start a whole new book of precedent.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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Concerned about creating new legal precedents in legislation.

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