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Mike Conaway: “Some of those amendments were cosponsored in regular legislation by Democrats. Yet when it came to the Budget Committee…”

On the recordApril 16, 2008
Some of those amendments were cosponsored in regular legislation by Democrats. Yet when it came to the Budget Committee they voted against them. In their own bills on the floor over here, they voted against them, just partisan, partisan politics. It helped to add to that cynical attitude that you are referring to.
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Mike Conaway
Texas

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Discussing partisan politics and voting behavior in relation to budget amendments.

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