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I called Hillary, who was upstairs working on her book, and told her what had happened. Otherwise, he said, with the outcome not in doubt, lower-income Democrats were far less likely than more affluent or ideologically driven Republicans to vote. with me the next day, and I thought he would like to see the ratification after what Japan had suffered in the sarin gas attack. But the biggest factors in my ability to survive and function were personal.

We couldn’t do conference calls, but anyone could press one of the big lighted extension buttons and listen in on someone else’s conversation, including mine. But always he would be a blessing to me. The next day I came back to stay for the duration. With the election approaching and the budget fight at least temporarily resolved, members of Congress in both parties were eager to give the American people evidence of bipartisan progress.