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The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

Lincoln Chafee

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Lincoln Chafee
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 26
American Politician
Politician
Warwick
Rhode Island
Lincoln Davenport Chafee
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