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Paul Begala: “It's usually a safe bet that things die in the Senate. That's been the pattern for many years now.”

On the recordDecember 14, 2010
It's usually a safe bet that things die in the Senate. That's been the pattern for many years now.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala comments on the historical difficulty of passing legislation in the Senate.

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