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Louise Slaughter: “Oh, for goodness sake, last week we passed a bill worth hundreds of billion of dollars with less than a two-day layover…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2011
Oh, for goodness sake, last week we passed a bill worth hundreds of billion of dollars with less than a two-day layover and no one knew what was in it.

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Louise Slaughter criticizes the rushed process of passing other legislation compared to the scrutiny of the Stock Act.

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