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Arlen Specter: Does the Senator from Nevada deny the fact that the President and the White House, or at least the people in question…

On the recordOctober 28, 2000
Does the Senator from Nevada deny the fact that the President and the White House, or at least the people in question, are responsible for the failure to come to agreement on the one outstanding appropriations bill?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Questioning responsibility for the failure to agree on an appropriations bill.

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