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Tim Kaine: “Let me just say in conclusion that there were 53 votes, I think, in this body at the end of February in the Senate to…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
Let me just say in conclusion that there were 53 votes, I think, in this body at the end of February in the Senate to not allow the sequester to go into effect.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine discusses Senate votes against the sequester and its implications.

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