05/20/2012
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"Consideration of appropriations bills in a piecemeal fashion is not a serious or responsible way to run the United States Government."
"The House of Representatives should allow a straight up or down vote on Senate-passed H.J. Res. 59."
"The president made clear to the leaders that he is not going to negotiate over the need for Congress to act to reopen the government or to raise the debt limit to pay the bills Congress has already in..."
"We are not as divided as our politics suggest."