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Paul Begala: “I would have one important correction. They didn't have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, or they would have…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2010
I would have one important correction. They didn't have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, or they would have done this.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Begala corrects Loesch's claim about the Democrats' legislative power.

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