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Pete Sessions: If California passed it with 90 percent of the vote, or 60 percent, as I believe they did pass a statute by ballot…

On the recordJuly 12, 2004
If California passed it with 90 percent of the vote, or 60 percent, as I believe they did pass a statute by ballot initiative, no matter what the people voted, it would be trumped and wiped out by the ruling.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the implications of a court ruling on California's ballot initiative.

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