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Roger Wicker: “I think the real reason is, we don't have the backbone to take it up and do the job that Congress is supposed to do.”

On the recordMay 20, 2015
I think the real reason is, we don't have the backbone to take it up and do the job that Congress is supposed to do.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker suggests Congress lacks the courage to address military authorizations.

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