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Eliot Engel: “In the same way when a baseball player hits a homer, it both adds one run to this team's score and also improves his…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2011
In the same way when a baseball player hits a homer, it both adds one run to this team's score and also improves his batting average.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel quotes Secretary Sebelius to refute claims of double counting in health care estimates.

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