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Eisenhower: “I believe in party responsibility, and I want to see Republicans come back here with a good comfortable majority so that…”

On the recordNovember 3, 1953
I believe in party responsibility, and I want to see Republicans come back here with a good comfortable majority so that parties can be held responsible by the American people for what we do.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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