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Patrick Leahy: “Unfortunately, we are down to the last two or three weeks before recess for the mid-term elections.”

On the recordSeptember 14, 2010
Unfortunately, we are down to the last two or three weeks before recess for the mid-term elections.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy notes the urgency of legislative work before the upcoming elections.

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