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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
The people who just informed President Obama a couple of weeks ago that his health care bill only covered 16 million of at least 50 million people who would need to be covered are in no position to offer a final opinion on what scores.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton criticizes OMB's authority on scoring health care coverage.

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