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On the recordMarch 20, 2012
There are a lot of things that the last Congress and this Congress has done to sort of kick cans down various roads, and it looks to me like all the roads end in December of this year.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess highlights impending deadlines for various legislative measures by the end of the year.

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