Bill Clinton: “You still have to have 51 percent in order to develop any kind of…”

On the recordOctober 5, 1997

You still have to have 51 percent in order to develop any kind of political consensus for doing anything.

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Remarks During the White House Conference on Climate Change

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Bill Clinton: “You still have to have 51 percent in order to develop any kind of political consensus for doing anything.”