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Jeanne Shaheen: One of the things I learned as governor is that you don’t have the luxury of saying, ‘I’m not going to work with this…

On the recordApril 8, 2025
One of the things I learned as governor is that you don’t have the luxury of saying, ‘I’m not going to work with this person and I’m not going to solve this problem.’
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire
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cnn.com

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Shaheen stresses the importance of bipartisanship in governance.

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