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Patrick Leahy: “I try never to tell the Vermont--or suggest to the Vermont legislature what they should do in the vain hope that they…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2010
I try never to tell the Vermont--or suggest to the Vermont legislature what they should do in the vain hope that they would return the compliment.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy humorously acknowledges the independence of the Vermont legislature.

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