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Barack Obama: “If he wants to have any government cutting taxes or doing whatever in the future -- cutting spending they basically have…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2010
If he wants to have any government cutting taxes or doing whatever in the future -- cutting spending they basically have to work together.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Ed Rollins emphasizes the necessity for Obama to collaborate with Republicans for future governance.

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