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"We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority."
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"When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority."


"People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care."


"Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle."


"We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily."


"I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget."


"President Bush has said that the ecomnomy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs."


"It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be."
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