Boehner: ‘There Aren’t That Many Places Where We Can Come Together’ Appearing on Meet The Press, House Minority Leader John Boehner downplayed the possibility of bipartisanship. “Listen, there aren’t that many places where we can come together. The President– is– he was the most liberal member of the United States Senate. You don’t get there by accident,” said Boehner. “And if you look at the policies that we’ve seen over the course of this year from the Administration and — his Democratic colleagues in Congress– there are all these leftist proposals. And the people of Massachusetts, the people of Virginia, the people of New Jersey are sending a pretty loud signal, just like the other 47 states to — to Washington, saying, ‘Stop. This is — this is way more than we ever want — wanted Washington to do.'”
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