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Tom Harkin: “Any Senator who voted for the health care law ought to be sentenced to serve as Governor for 8 years.”

On the recordApril 10, 2013
Any Senator who voted for the health care law ought to be sentenced to serve as Governor for 8 years.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin criticizes the health care law's impact on state budgets and governance.

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