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On the recordDecember 17, 2010
Thank you. Feelings are getting a bit raw here and there is no use blaming anybody. It is hard to reach a consensus on how to fund the government. There was an effort to do it that fell apart that I thought was against the mandate of the last election. Thank God we defeated that, but it took a lot of effort. There is an effort to pass the DREAM Act that I think is unseemly and counterproductive.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Senator Graham discusses challenges in government funding and his opposition to the DREAM Act.

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