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On the recordJuly 20, 2011
The truth is that there was as great deal of agreement on a number of issues until the White House decided that the only issue that mattered was the creation of a massive new consumer bureaucracy.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby argues that bipartisan agreement was undermined by the administration's focus on consumer bureaucracy.

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