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Russ Feingold: “The current estimate, if I may say to the Senator from Nebraska, is about 2,900, but it varies and the Congressional…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 1996
The current estimate, if I may say to the Senator from Nebraska, is about 2,900, but it varies and the Congressional Budget Office estimates that it averages around 2,700 or 2,800. The effect of this would be, as I understand it, to require, within the next year, a reduction of between 400 and 500 positions.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Discussing budget estimates and potential job reductions.

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