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John Spratt: That is what we are doing now is alerting everyone to the contents of this reconciliation bill which is hanging in the…

On the recordNovember 8, 2005
That is what we are doing now is alerting everyone to the contents of this reconciliation bill which is hanging in the wings, pretending under the name of ``deficit reduction'' to be about fiscal responsibility when it is anything but that.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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