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On the recordJune 12, 2017
I think Republicans would be troubled if we had a situation... where Democrats were a majority in the House, majority in the Senate, and also had the presidency.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Carper discusses the oversight challenges faced by the minority party in a Democratic-majority government.

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