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On the recordOctober 10, 1991
S. 1722 would effectively destroy the integrity of the bipartisan budget agreement and put into place a poorly designed, unnecessarily expensive program that would significantly increase the Federal deficit.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Memorandum of Disapproval for the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991

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