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W. Todd Akin: “Why do you think it was that they didn't want to take a look at the bill? They could have brought a bill up the same…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Why do you think it was that they didn't want to take a look at the bill? They could have brought a bill up the same way. They could have gone through it and said, Well, we don't think they should have cut this much. They should have done this or this or this. They could have made changes on it and gone back and forth, and then we would have a budget for between now and October 1 and we could get on with what should be done this year instead of what should have been done last fall, or actually last year before the fall.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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govinfo.gov
Mar 2, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is questioning why the opposing party did not engage with the budget bill.

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