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Arlen Specter: “We have to be candid about it. The budget resolution is confederate money. Until it gets into an appropriation it…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2007
We have to be candid about it. The budget resolution is confederate money. Until it gets into an appropriation it doesn't count.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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congress.gov
Mar 19, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Expressing skepticism about the budget resolution's effectiveness.

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