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Hank Johnson: Thank you, Congressman. That whole process of trying to get bipartisan support here in the House I guess was probably…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
Thank you, Congressman. That whole process of trying to get bipartisan support here in the House I guess was probably doomed to failure from the outset because there was no good-faith being exercised by my friends on the other side. It was just politics as usual. Let's play ``gotcha'' politics, and let's use our control over the media to get our message out and to undercut public support for the change that Americans voted for in November. And I think that the fact that no Republican bucked their leadership to vote in favor of this plan despite the fact that President Obama made significant concessions to my friends on the other side of the aisle, they kept moving the goalposts. If you do this, then they want something down here.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

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Discussing challenges in achieving bipartisan support for legislation.

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