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Tim Kaine: “Republican leaders, who are seemingly rejecting any effort at compromise, will need to put our families and our economy…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
Republican leaders, who are seemingly rejecting any effort at compromise, will need to put our families and our economy above partisan ideology.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Urging Republicans to prioritize economic needs over party lines.

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