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On the recordJuly 18, 2025
It will become hard, maybe even impossible, to write a bipartisan budget ever again, because the minority party knows they can get double crossed.
Said by
Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut
Source
msnbc.com
Jul 18, 2025

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Sen. Murphy discusses the challenges of bipartisan budgeting after recent GOP actions.

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