Clinton and Unity: Passing the Budget Bill

Season 24 Episode 3

The vote on the budget bill came down to a Freshman Democrat, Marjorie Margolis Mezvinsky.

The vote on the budget bill came down to a Freshman Democrat, Marjorie Margolis Mezvinsky. Senator Tom Daschle described Clinton's resolve to get the budget passed: "There wasn't anything he wasn't willing to do. He would call, he would meet. He would grovel, he would strong-arm. He would use every tactic any leader has at his disposal to try to get this thing done."

AIR DATE 2/19/12

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The biography of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history, and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage.

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