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Jim Cooper: “Congress is its own doctor. Neither the Supreme Court nor the President can save us.”

On the recordMarch 13, 2012
Congress is its own doctor. Neither the Supreme Court nor the President can save us.
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Jim Cooper
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cooper asserts that Congress must take responsibility for its own reforms.

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