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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
In 1986, a Republican President and a Democratic Congress found common ground and came to a bipartisan agreement.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn highlights past bipartisan cooperation on tax rates.

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