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Tim Kaine: “The Congress agreed, the President signed off on, that we would have this mechanism that would reduce spending by $2.1…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
The Congress agreed, the President signed off on, that we would have this mechanism that would reduce spending by $2.1 trillion.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine discusses the Budget Control Act's spending reduction mechanism.

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