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Byron Dorgan: “If we were to go backwards, it wouldn't save the government a penny.”

On the recordApril 6, 2011
If we were to go backwards, it wouldn't save the government a penny.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Dorgan argues that reverting to previous conditions would not reduce government spending.

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