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On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
If sequestration is triggered . . . much of the work going into the fiscal year 2014 budget will have been an exercise in futility.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen discusses the futility of budget planning under the threat of sequestration.

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