On the recordOctober 26, 2009
Senator Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, compared it to 'the old Soviet Union.'
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congress.govSenator Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, compared it to 'the old Soviet Union.'
Jim Webb likens the proposed government expansion to Soviet bureaucracy.
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