07/08/2009
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"Today, our Nation is entering its ninth day--the ninth day of House Speaker John Boehner's government shutdown."
"October 1st was a historic day for our country, not because Speaker Boehner shut down the government but because it was the first day millions of Americans could sign up for health care."
"Instead, he is allowing a small group of Republican extremists to pursue their ideological crusade to repeal the Affordable Care Act."
"Yet Republicans seem willing to jeopardize the full faith and credit of the United States of America unless we eliminate the Affordable Care Act."