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Michael Bennet: Edmund Burke is spinning in his grave at legislation like this. The kind of dislocation this is going to create merely…

On the recordSeptember 24, 2017
Edmund Burke is spinning in his grave at legislation like this. The kind of dislocation this is going to create merely to keep a campaign promise to repeal Obamacare is a disgrace.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet criticizes the Graham-Cassidy proposal for its impact on healthcare and partisanship.

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