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John Spratt: He did indeed. And then we had a point where we could not come to a conclusion on the budget. As a consequence, the…

On the recordJune 21, 2005
He did indeed. And then we had a point where we could not come to a conclusion on the budget. As a consequence, the whole government was shut down and President Clinton, upon being reelected said, I do not want to go through that again. I would like to see the budget principals get together with the White House budget principals and try to negotiate a deal earlier in the fiscal year, as opposed to near the end of the fiscal year with our backs against the wall.
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