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The Government Shutdown Explained in One Candid Quote
The Government Shutdown Explained in One Candid Quoteby Adam Martin at NY Magazine
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/10/government-shutdown-explained-in-one-quote.html
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"We’re not going to be disrespected ... We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is." — Rep. Marlin Stutzman, a conservative Republican from Indiana, explains to the why the House GOP won't just send a "clean" spending bill to the Senate.
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