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Bipartisanship is overrated, says new RNC chair

 

Published 1/31/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The new chairman of the Republican National Committee praised House Republicans Saturday for their universal opposition to President Obama's stimulus bill and used his family's own life experiences to justify voting against it. "I know we're living in the era of bipartisanship," Steele joked to the House GOP congressmen who gathered this weekend [...] (link)

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