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Jim Clyburn: “For the first time in a long time, this Congress is going to break its silence, and we will no longer be a rubber stamp…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2007
For the first time in a long time, this Congress is going to break its silence, and we will no longer be a rubber stamp for this administration on Iraq.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

James Clyburn announces that Congress will actively oppose the administration's Iraq policy instead of passively supporting it.

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