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Tom Carper: “What we decided to do is focus on the 80 percent where we agree, and the 20 percent where we disagree, we will come back…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2021
What we decided to do is focus on the 80 percent where we agree, and the 20 percent where we disagree, we will come back and deal with that another day.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper reflects on bipartisan cooperation through the '80-20 rule' learned from Mike Enzi.

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