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SAVE Act is Wrong for Minnesota
Common Cause Minnesota is calling on Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar to stop the SAVE Act after it narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representations today.
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SAVE Act is Wrong for Minnesota
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