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John Cornyn: “That is particularly true of the promise the President has apparently made to union leadership to defer the application…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2010
That is particularly true of the promise the President has apparently made to union leadership to defer the application of a Cadillac tax--the excise tax on Cadillac health insurance plans. That promise, as the promise to televise the negotiations and pass the bill on C-SPAN; the promise that if you have a policy you like, you can keep it; the promise that the bill would not raise taxes and the like; that would be another promise that would not be kept--that promise would be broken?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas
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govinfo.gov
Mar 18, 2010

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Cornyn addresses broken promises related to health care reform and taxation.

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