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Andrea Joy Campbell: I am game. I am game to stay here to do it. If the gentleman might espouse, I think some constructive debate could be…

On the recordJanuary 3, 1996
I am game. I am game to stay here to do it. If the gentleman might espouse, I think some constructive debate could be had, and there is value in trying to analyze how we got here, so I am not saying what has been discussed heretofore does not have that value. It does. But if the gentleman from Florida believes that there might be two-thirds support for something that the President does not agree with, boy, am I anxious to hear it. Mr. Speaker, I would be delighted and yield whatever time I might have on this or future special orders to hear the dimensions of a budget understanding that would get two-thirds. I happen to believe that that is one increasingly likely option. I laid out at least in broad outline what the dimensions of such a deal might be, with give on our side and give on your side. Mr. Speaker, I would be very interested if the gentleman from Florida might at some point or his colleagues from New Jersey or New York, put to us some dimensions of a budget deal that would get two-thirds, the objection of the President notwithstanding?
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing the potential for bipartisan support on a budget deal during a House floor debate.

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