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On the recordMarch 2, 2011
But the funding for that project, and many others like it, was left on the cutting-room floor by House Republicans in an effort to meet an arbitrary bottom line.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray criticizes House Republicans for cutting essential funding for community projects.

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