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Joe Manchin: “But what is the hammer? You've got the carrot. What's the--you don't have a carrot or a hammer.”

On the recordNovember 1, 2011
But what is the hammer? You've got the carrot. What's the--you don't have a carrot or a hammer.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Senator Manchin questions the lack of enforcement tools in Medicaid oversight.

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