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Bill Clinton: “There is--well, whether the Democrats or the Republicans are in the majority, a minority can frustrate the will of the…”

On the recordNovember 6, 1994
There is--well, whether the Democrats or the Republicans are in the majority, a minority can frustrate the will of the majority just with the filibuster in the Senate, if for nothing else, which killed the campaign finance reform, lobby reform, environmental reform, and a number of other things last year. My instinct is to get something done. But this Congress that we just finished was only the third one since World War II that cooperated with the President in over 80 percent of the President's initiatives in both years. That only happened three times since World War II, once for President Eisenhower, once for President Johnson, and then this one. Mr. King. So there's no Truman plan.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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