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Jim DeMint: “We shouldn't be jamming a major arms control treaty up against Christmas. It's sacrilegious and disrespectful. What's…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2010
We shouldn't be jamming a major arms control treaty up against Christmas. It's sacrilegious and disrespectful. What's going on here is just wrong.
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Jim DeMint
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator DeMint expresses his disapproval of working on significant legislation during the Christmas season.

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