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Byron Dorgan: “If the Senator's contention is there was enough money in the budget this spring for domestic discretionary, why, then…”

On the recordOctober 19, 2000
If the Senator's contention is there was enough money in the budget this spring for domestic discretionary, why, then, are people on his side discussing the need to increase the budget caps, the spending caps?
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Questioning budgetary claims during a Senate debate.

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