It is my desire that we fashion legislation that will enjoy broad-based support. It may not be possible in the end ... If it doesn't happen, so be it, but we're not going to have it not happen because we didn't try. 
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
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A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
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LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
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A boy looks on holding a packet of biscuit at a make-shift flood relief camp in a school in Saharsa, 270 kilometers (168 miles) northeast of Patna, India, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.
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Indian air force personnel drop food from a helicopter in the flood-affected area of Kumarkhad village at Midnapore district in India's eastern state of Bihar August 30, 2008. Indian authorities, hampered by heavy rain and damaged roads, struggled to provide aid to millions of displaced villagers in Bihar that has seen the worst flooding in 50 years.
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Soren Hansen of Denmark reacts after a missing putt on the 2nd green during the third round of The Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on August 30, 2008 at the Gleneagles Hotel and Resort in Perthshire, Scotland.
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks on from the bench during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
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India's bowler Harbhajan Singh brings water during the 5th and final One Day International cricket match between India and Sri Lanka on Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. India has an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the 5 match series.
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South Africa's AB de Villiers (L) is run out by England's Matthew Prior (R) during the third Natwest one day International between England and South Africa at The Brit Oval cricket ground, London, England, on August 29, 2008.
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Anti-government protesters lie down on the street to avoid tear gas during a demonstration at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok on August 29, 2008. Thai police fired tear gas to try to break up about 2,000 anti-government protesters gathered outside the Bangkok police headquarters, an.
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It is my desire that we fashion legislation that will enjoy broad-based support. It may not be possible in the end ... If it doesn't happen, so be it, but we're not going to have it not happen because we didn't try.
said Christopher J Dodd
in Boston Globe
We will be deeply disappointed if money which has been advocated for and intended for some time to help build housing for extremely low-income people gets diverted away for this foreclosure problem
said Sheila Crowley
in Boston Globe
I won't tell you I'm optimistic, but I think there's a reasonable chance ... We're still trying to keep working together.
was said
in Boston Globe
The Constitution says the president gets to veto the bill after we pass it ... not that he gets to threaten to veto it so we can all duck a tough issue.
said Barney Frank
in Boston Globe
We feel very optimistic we can have a very significant bill, a bipartisan bill, to present to the rest of our colleagues on the floor of the United States Senate
said Christopher Dodd
in CNBC
We're together on a good concept of the whole thing. We're working on language right now, so be patient
was said
in CNBC
We're not commenting on any discussions we may or may not be having. If a bill comes to the president's desk it should meet the principles he has outlined.
was said
in CNBC
