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Joe Crowley: You don't walk into negotiations and say, either you repeal the Affordable Care Act or we will shut down government but…

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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