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ment in the savings and loan debacle. “You were one of only 41 Members to vote against the amendment, and the only one in the Virginia delegation to vote no.”
Later, Mr. Smith continued, "it was you who insulted the District by attempting to obscure your conduct in this matter with a series of contradictory statements and excuses.” At various times, the Smith letter said, Mr. Slaughter had explained his vote by questioning “legal technicalities (and) dubious constitutional problems . . . Then, in one of your rare interviews with the news media you said that you thought voting for stiffer penalties would result in fewer convictions.”
Still later, Mr. Smith charged, Rep. Slaughter “sought to obscure the issue further by claiming in a paid radio ad that
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