03/27/2012
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"The president, Abraham Lincoln who did not survive this period indicated that a nation divided cannot -- against itself cannot stand."
"It’s time for Senator Manchin to understand that the house is on fire, and you got to stop playing with people that don’t want to play with you."
"A nation shows its greatness when it can also talk about its era, its tragedy, its brutality and the incidence of slavery, it was brutal."
"On this vote, the yeas are 415, and the nays are 14, the bill is passed."