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Joe Manchin: “We are either going to be sequester-based and ignore every bit of reality that has occurred since August 2011.”

On the recordMarch 2, 2015
We are either going to be sequester-based and ignore every bit of reality that has occurred since August 2011.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin emphasizes the need for a conditions-based budget rather than a sequester-based one.

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