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On the recordSeptember 24, 2013
My understanding is that the Senator's position is, if we do not defund ObamaCare, as he has characterized it--the health care reform act--that he believes we should shut down the government on October 1. Is that the Senator's position?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Sep 24, 2013

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