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Bill Clinton: That's right. That's right. And let me say this. The real problem now is that the Congress is basically dominated by not…

On the recordNovember 2, 1998
That's right. That's right. And let me say this. The real problem now is that the Congress is basically dominated by not only the Republicans, but the right wing of the party is in the driver's seat. And if we get a big turnout here and we change the Congress, the composition of the Congress, you wouldn't have to change it all that much to get enough balance in there for us to be able to take some affirmative action. If we had a few more Democrats we could do things positively instead of do what we had to do last year, which was to--this year--we fought a rear guard action for 9 months, and then at the very end they came in and had to deal with us on the budget. And because we all stuck together, we got 100,000 teachers; we did save the surplus for Social Security; we were able to get programs for children after school-- hundreds of thousands--that was a good thing. But there is so much more we should do. And if the American people believe it's important to have modern schools and more teachers and to have the Patients' Bill of Rights, to have an increase in the minimum wage, to save Social Security, if they think these things are important and they want us to keep coming together, not be driven apart, then it's important to show up tomorrow. Voter Turnout Myra J. Do you think the Republicans are counting on African- Americans not to come out tomorrow?
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Bill Clinton
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