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What's the big idea? : innovative approaches to fixing Congress : hearing before the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress, of the House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, second session, July 28, 2022.

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Corporate Author:	United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (Author)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2022.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Rules and practice. Congress. Legislative hearings.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo190465

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