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Byron Dorgan: “On January 9, 2009, Committee leadership, together with 13 other U.S. Senators, issued a letter to President Obama…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2009
On January 9, 2009, Committee leadership, together with 13 other U.S. Senators, issued a letter to President Obama urging the inclusion of billions of dollars in Indian tribal projects in the economic stimulus plan.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan highlights a bipartisan effort to secure funding for tribal projects in the stimulus plan.

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