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Dick Durbin: “Bipartisanship and compromise are not always easy, but they are essential.”

On the recordJanuary 14, 2021
Bipartisanship and compromise are not always easy, but they are essential.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin stresses the importance of bipartisanship in addressing democratic issues.

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