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On the recordMarch 10, 2015
sequestration was designed to be stupid. It was explicitly designed to be so unacceptable that Congress would find a solution
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker discusses the flawed design of sequestration intended to prompt Congressional action.

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