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Harry Reid: “But where was my friend from Kentucky when we had two wars unpaid for during the Bush administration? Tax cuts that cost…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 2010
But where was my friend from Kentucky when we had two wars unpaid for during the Bush administration? Tax cuts that cost more than a trillion dollars unpaid for? Where was my friend and the Republicans objecting to that?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticizes Senator Bunning for his current fiscal restraint stance, referencing past instances of unpaid expenditures.

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