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On the recordMarch 31, 2020
It gives them cover, and I suspect that's why Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi acted today.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen discusses how presidential support for shelter-in-place orders could influence governors' decisions to implement them.

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