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Patrick Leahy: “It was a huge, huge blow to the United States, the fact that the other body did not go along with us on this.”

On the recordMarch 12, 2014
It was a huge, huge blow to the United States, the fact that the other body did not go along with us on this.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy expresses disappointment over the House's failure to support the Senate's IMF reform efforts.

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