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Patty Murray: “The way to approach the task ahead for us is to focus on what I call the 80-percent rule.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
The way to approach the task ahead for us is to focus on what I call the 80-percent rule.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Murray advocates for focusing on widely agreed issues to achieve results.

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