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On the recordSeptember 24, 2013
I ask the Senator, would he not agree that the best way to avoid a government shutdown or threats of a government shutdown or talking about the consequences of a government shutdown would be to separate out his question of what are the right reforms of the health care system from the funding of government operations?
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia
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Sep 24, 2013

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