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On the recordOctober 1, 2013
You don't walk into negotiations and say, either you repeal the Affordable Care Act or we will shut down government but that's what they've done.
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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Crowley criticizes Republicans for using the threat of a government shutdown as leverage to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

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