Pelosi: Health Care Can Still Be Bipartisan Without Republican Votes Appearing on State of the Union, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) declared that “Bipartisanship is a two-way street,” and said the health care bill could still be considered bipartisan even without Republicans voting for it. “The bill can be bipartisan, even though the votes might not be bipartisan, because they [Republicans] have made their imprint on this,” said Pelosi, also adding: “We went into the legislative process – hundreds of hours of hearings and bill writing and all the rest – where the Republicans made their suggestions.”
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