On the recordJuly 31, 2011
It's a bad bill. I voted 'no' after 250 something votes had already been registered so I knew that the bill was going to pass.
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transcripts.cnn.comEmanuel Cleaver: “It's a bad bill. I voted 'no' after 250 something votes had already been registered so I knew that the bill was going to…”
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Cleaver expresses his opposition to the budget bill, emphasizing that he believes it is fundamentally flawed.
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