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Sheldon Whitehouse: “We have seen the Budget Committee become 100 percent partisan and zero percent meaningful.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
We have seen the Budget Committee become 100 percent partisan and zero percent meaningful.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse criticizes the Budget Committee's lack of effectiveness and partisanship.

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