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Byron Dorgan: “The Act's passage last year took many people by surprise, not only among the usual Beltway skeptics here in Washington…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
The Act's passage last year took many people by surprise, not only among the usual Beltway skeptics here in Washington, DC but across Indian Country.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan highlights the unexpected support for the Tribal Law and Order Act.

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