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5. It was a real eye opener when the committee passed the budget with the AUMF amendment

Reply to nikibatts (Original post)

Thu Jul 20, 2017, 11:48 PM

Jul 2017

But Paul Ryan, the man who washes clean dishes for charity, made sure the amendment didn't make it to the floor. I wonder how people in his district feel about Ryan's chicanery in leaving this power to Lord Littlehands' discretion?

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