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Joe Manchin: this budget, if we adopted it, avoids sequestration. It does it because finally they're talking about additional…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
this budget, if we adopted it, avoids sequestration. It does it because finally they're talking about additional revenues.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin argues that the proposed budget can prevent sequestration through additional revenues.

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