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Kendrick Meek: “I think here in the House that we may very well have the kind of bipartisanship we need to get this economic stimulus…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2008
I think here in the House that we may very well have the kind of bipartisanship we need to get this economic stimulus package passed. But in the Senate, I'm concerned. I'm very concerned because you have 51 Democrats and you are going to need 9 Republican Senators, and I'm hoping, just hoping, that we are able to get the nine for it to be true bipartisanship. So that means the Republican leader is just as important as the Democratic leader, and we are trying to move this process through. And I think that we need to pay very close attention, and also pay attention to what is being said in the Senate, what's being said here in the House because this piece of legislation is too important.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida
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Discussing the need for bipartisanship in passing an economic stimulus package.

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