On the recordFebruary 16, 2005
I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.
Robert C. Byrd: “I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the…”
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Byrd expresses his stance on funding limitations.
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