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Ron Wyden: “At a little after 8:00, there were more than 30 United States Senators there interested in actually getting into the…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
At a little after 8:00, there were more than 30 United States Senators there interested in actually getting into the details.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Wyden notes the unusual attendance of Senators at a meeting on debt and the economy.

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