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JDPriestly

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15. Lack of impulse control is probably the problem. But then that is very common among our

Reply to sendero (Reply #10)

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 09:32 PM

Jan 2014

representatives and senators. Boehner does not act like a person with a lot of impulse control.

On the other hand, we have some members of congress who are very mature.

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