A Quote by Lamar Alexander
In the Senate, where 60 votes are required to do anything important, you have to work with your colleagues on both sides of the aisle.
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What's really amusing is that you see - when you look at everybody's statements that - on both sides of the aisle, they've talked out of both sides of their mouth, depending on who's in power and who's not.
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