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Jim DeMint: “It is probably easier to get $1 trillion out of Congress than it is to get any good policy out of Congress.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009
It is probably easier to get $1 trillion out of Congress than it is to get any good policy out of Congress.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

DeMint critiques the difficulty of achieving effective policy compared to passing large sums of money.

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