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On the recordFebruary 4, 2011
I don't care what party they are. Every President that I have known since Jimmy Carter, and I have been there since Carter.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Harkin reflects on the tendency of Presidents to assert control over Congress.

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