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On the recordJune 17, 2008
I say to my friend, this, I believe, will be in the package we get from the House, and we will be happy to work with the minority if they feel some changes should be made. There are a number of people on my side who would agree to this, and maybe there are other points on which we can agree.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing potential collaboration on a legislative package with the minority party.

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