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On the recordJuly 26, 2023
the reason we had to go recess is actually because the Majority could not succeed in passing an appropriations bill
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Melanie Stansbury
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Stansbury criticizes the Majority's failure to pass an appropriations bill.

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