Tom Udall actually said...

I would beg to disagree. But please go ahead, but there's a huge difference in the law between a discretionary act and an act where you say 'shall' where you instruct an agency to do something.

Context

Udall emphasizes the legal significance of changing 'may' to 'shall' in legislation.

02/14/2010

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