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No IQ Test Necessary to be in Congress

by Josh Marshall
07.02.13 | 7:11 pm

Remember when the Senate voted 79-19 to provide fighter jets & tanks to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood? http://t.co/b1jOxO6dUQ @SenRandPaul

— Justin Amash (@repjustinamash) July 3, 2013

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