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Joe Barton: How can you have a vote and it not be publically known what the vote is?

On the recordMay 3, 2011
How can you have a vote and it not be publically known what the vote is?
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Barton questions the lack of transparency in the voting process.

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