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Tim Ryan: “Can you imagine President Reagan and Tip O'Neil strolling out saying, ``We did it. We sucked it up for the American…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2005
Can you imagine President Reagan and Tip O'Neil strolling out saying, ``We did it. We sucked it up for the American people and did what was best; and part of it was your idea and part was our idea; and part was conservative and part liberal. But we made it work for the American people, for the people who this program lifts out of poverty and the 48 million people that get it.''
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the need for bipartisan cooperation in politics.

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