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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/07/nrcc_denies_sessions_wants_to.htmlNRCC denies Sessions said GOP wants to go back to Bush agenda
AS you know, Dems have spent the morning jumping all over NRCC chair Pete Sessions for apparently suggesting yesterday that "we need to go back to the exact same agenda" of the Bush years.
But an NRCC spokesman is now denying that Sessions said this, insisting that Dems are misrepresenting his remarks. NRCC spokesman Ken Spain emails over a statement saying that Sessions was in fact referring to a report by business chieftains criticizing Obama's policies as anti-business:
"Democrats are simply misrepresenting the facts. As the transcript reflects, Pete Sessions was clearly referencing the exhaustive report that was presented to the president by the Business Round Table, in which they stated that the 'cumulative effect' of President Obama's proposals have significantly hindered economic growth in this country. The fact that Democrats still can't get their minds around this argument is exactly the reason why the economic recovery has stalled and left us with a 9.5 percent unemployment rate."
A look at the transcript shows that Session's claim about going back came during an exchange that kicked off with the moderator asking about the "relative merits of Republican rule during the Bush years."
Sessions did in fact reference "that 52-page report that was presented to the president of the United States by CEOs in this country," adding that "we need to go back to the exact same agenda that is empowering the free enterprise system rather than diminish it."The NRCC claims Sessions was referencing the views in that report. But Dems are unlikely to let up, and will continue arguing -- as they have with other, similar GOP statements -- that Sessions unwittingly revealed the true GOP agenda here.
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