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Patrick Leahy: “Excuse me, Mr. Powell. You understand this bill would do nothing to stop removing the McCarran-Ferguson exemption in…”

On the recordOctober 13, 2009
Excuse me, Mr. Powell. You understand this bill would do nothing to stop removing the McCarran-Ferguson exemption in this context.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy clarifies that the bill won't stop the removal of the McCarran-Ferguson exemption.

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