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Alan Simpson: Part of me said I could do this for another three or four years but not six. The old fire in the belly is out. The edge…

On the recordDecember 31, 1994
Part of me said I could do this for another three or four years but not six. The old fire in the belly is out. The edge is off.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming

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Simpson explained his decision to retire from the Senate.

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