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Emanuel Cleaver: I wanted desperately to come to the conclusion that maybe this legislation was ill-conceived. That has not happened.

On the recordMarch 18, 2009
I wanted desperately to come to the conclusion that maybe this legislation was ill-conceived. That has not happened.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

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Cleaver expresses his struggle to find flaws in the legislation.

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