What I see over and over again is bills that come to the floor or bills that come to the committee that should be bipartisan, that could be non-controversial that have a stowaway loaded into them that causes partisan problems that are unnecessary.
On the recordMarch 16, 2015
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Whitehouse criticizes unnecessary partisan issues in bipartisan bills.
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