05/19/2009
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"We cannot do the mistake of 2009 where they whittled down the program so the amount of relief was so small that the recession lasted four or five years."
"If we can`t move forward with them, we will have to do it on our own. Getting the job done in a big, bold way is the number one priority."
"We cannot do what we -- the mistake of 2009. On the ACA, they spent a year, year-and-a-half negotiating, and then didn`t come to any agreement."
"I think Democrats are really looking back to 2009 here and saying, we’re not going to do that again."