On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
We have begun to see... a penchant for taking a piece of legislation that ought to pass... and then adding to it something controversial.
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congress.govSheldon Whitehouse: “We have begun to see... a penchant for taking a piece of legislation that ought to pass... and then adding to it…”
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Criticizing the practice of attaching controversial items to bipartisan legislation.
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