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Accomplishments on a bipartisan basis here in the next six to nine months than they are the seating arrangement at the state of the union. >> it's symbolic, but maybe it just sets the tone and everything gets a little bit more civil. we leave in discourse in america. we believe in strenuous discourse. we don't sweep differences under the rug. we have real differences, but we can do if it civilly. >> so here the folks that have agreed to this, from the house, both whips will be sitting together. kevin mccarthy and sten any hire. chuck schumer and tom coburn will be sharing close quarters. and w...

Sit together wednesday night at the state of the union and we hope that many others will follow us. that's symbolic, but maybe it set ace tone and everything gets a little more civil. we believe in discourse in america, strenuous discourse. we don't sweep differences under the rug. we have real differences but we can do it civilly. to tom's credit, we disagree on a lot of stuff but he has always been civil, always been a gentleman and that's the example that people should follow, politicians and the media. >> senator coburn, about sitting together, assuming you're on board with that as well, t...

The state of the union and we hope that many others will follow us. that's symbolic, but maybe it set ace tone and everything gets a little more civil. we believe in discourse in america, strenuous discourse. we don't sweep differences under the rug. we have real differences but we can do it civilly. to tom's credit, we disagree on a lot of stuff but he has always been civil, always been a gentleman and that's the example that people should follow, politicians and the media. >> senator coburn, about sitting together, assuming you're on board with that as well, that is symbolic, but what messag...

Officials, have an obligation to try to tone that down. if we tone it down, then maybe the media will be less vociferous. let me give you an example. calling for the democrats and republicans to sit together. eight the state of the union. i called up tom and he graciously agreed we're going to sit together wednesday night at the state of the union and we hope that many others will follow us. that's symbolic, but maybe it sets a tone and everything gets a little more civil. we believe in discourse in america, strenuous discourse. we don't sweep differences under the rug. tom and i have real dif...

Wednesday and put it off in light of giffords being shot. they are talking about potentially having the republicans and democrats sit together in the "state of the union" address, instead of the dems on one side and the g.o.p. on the other. here is democratic senator chuck schumer. >> it's symbolic but maybe it set acetone and everything gets more civil. we believe in discourse in america. we believe in strenuous discourse. we don't sweep differences under the rug. >> they also were asked how to make the "state of the union" transcend this particular time. this is what he had to say. >> we hav...