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On the recordJune 17, 2010
After passage of legislation that was trumpeted everywhere that from now on we were going to pay for additional spending, how could that happen?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Jun 17, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Senator McCain questions the accountability of spending legislation.

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