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On the recordFebruary 28, 2008
Is it a pretty fair assumption that what the minority leader is doing, maybe for himself, maybe for others in his caucus, is he wants an opportunity to get off the housing debate and go on to the old saws we always hear from them on, such as the estate tax, Bush tax cuts, and other things not relevant to this bill? Would that be a reasonable assumption, given the minority leader's actions?
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Discussing the minority leader's intentions regarding the housing debate.

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