Congress and 9/11: "We are not Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans"
Can you imagine a time when Democrats and Republicans in Congress not only voted the same way — but said the same thing?
It actually did happen — right after the terror attacks of 9/11
"Today, we join together not as Democrats nor Republicans, but Mr. Speaker, as proud Americans prepared to defend freedom as our forebears did before us."
That was House Democratic Minority Whip David Bonior — September 14th, 2001 ... and from that same day, here's Congressman Jerry Lewis — a Republican:
There is no party. My colleague, Jack Murtha and I working on this Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee…
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