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On the recordJuly 14, 2009
About 60 or 70 percent of our membership were in support of what President Obama had on the table at that time. That support has evaporated.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Johnson discusses the decline in support for Obama's healthcare plan among his organization's members.

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