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Earl Blumenauer: Could the gentleman comment on the significance of our failure to have ratified this 210 years ago?

On the recordJune 2, 2003
Could the gentleman comment on the significance of our failure to have ratified this 210 years ago?
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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Questioning the historical significance of a failure to ratify a measure.

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