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Jeff Merkley: “This has happened because we blew up the common collective tool that we worked out in 1974, and it worked for 22 years.”

On the recordMay 4, 2023
This has happened because we blew up the common collective tool that we worked out in 1974, and it worked for 22 years.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley discusses the consequences of abandoning a bipartisan budget tool established in 1974.

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