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Patrick Leahy: “The Senator is not only correct, but I would ask him to contrast that with the last year of the Bush administration with…”

On the recordMay 14, 1997
The Senator is not only correct, but I would ask him to contrast that with the last year of the Bush administration with a Democratic-controlled Senate and the difference in the cooperation of the Democrats with a Republican President than they show the Republicans with a Democratic President.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing party cooperation during presidential administrations.

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