"We owe it to the American people to let them know whether we actually think it is a good idea to double down on the failed economic policies of the past few years or whether we support a new approach, " McConnell said before the vote.

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Which is, when you come to think of it, a very good idea indeed.

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Come to think of it, Alex probably had a pretty good idea of all that going in.

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You know one of the arguments against term limits you know I put term limits on myself when I went to the United States Senate and I still think it's a pretty good idea to tell you the truth but one of the arguments against that is look at all the expertise you'd lose if you had term limits.

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On paper I think it's a good idea to get everyone involved - everyone feels like they have a piece of solving the problem - but in reality, I think it'll probably be a mess.

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But of the six DNI officials testifying, not one seems to think this is a good idea.

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