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On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
Government shutdown, continuing resolutions, which, as I describe to my constituents as spending by looking--it is like driving by looking in the rearview mirror rather than the windshield.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine compares current spending practices to driving without looking ahead.

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