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Bill Nelson: If we would stop this excessive partisanship--you cannot get things done with this excessive partisanship. Especially…

On the recordNovember 12, 2003
If we would stop this excessive partisanship--you cannot get things done with this excessive partisanship. Especially, you cannot get it done in a Senate that is basically split down the middle, 50-50. I think it is 51-49 now. So if you are going to get anything done, we ought to be Americans first, not partisans first. That is what part of all this fight is. That is what part of this all-night session has been. Do you know what. The folks out there in America--and I think all of you know this--don't like these partisan food fights.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing the impact of partisanship on Senate productivity.

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