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Joe Manchin: “No, it is not a good starting point. It is a terrible starting point.”

On the recordJune 21, 2017
No, it is not a good starting point. It is a terrible starting point.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin rejects the proposed budget as inadequate.

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