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CNN:
Republicans Denounce Partisanship, Democrats
Bob Wilkins

WASHINGTON, DC - On their first day back from a week long recess Republican lawmakers denounced the air of partisanship in the nation's capital, also the Democrats. Said Majority Leader Bill Frist "For too long, any attempts to create legislation have been blocked by the partisan divide, also the Democrats." He went on to say that "In order to return our nation's representatives back to the business of lawmaking, we must overcome partisanship, and Democrats." Critics claim that Republican lawmakers are simply trying to change the issue.
Said one high ranking Democrat leader "Right now we really want to talk about Iraq and what a disaster it has become and we plan on issuing a carefully worded letter to the Republicans asking them in polite, yet firm tones to please change the conversation to that. That is of course once we get at least three Democrats to agree to sign it."
The constitution still allows House Democrats to write a letter to Republican leaders.
Republicans immediately responded that if Democrats wanted to clear the partisan air, the best solution was to elect more Republicans.
In a tersely worded response the Democrats then said that they hadn't mentioned anything about partisanship and quickly added "unless you want us to."