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On the recordJuly 1, 2012
People oppose something until they're in charge and then it's great. And Dana is absolutely right. They do intend to use the reconciliation process, if Mitt Romney is elected and if they have majority in the Senate, not only to get health care repealed, but they intend to use reconciliation in order to extend the Bush tax cuts and to make the kind of spending cuts that they want to do.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen discusses the Republican strategy to use reconciliation for health care repeal and tax cuts if they gain control.

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