“Good grief, you are either obtuse or intentionally lying. We are not merging our military with the IDF."”
“The president's policy is 'a head for an eye.' I mean, honestly, that's what it's going to be.”
“This war has killed 18 US service members, cost billions of taxpayer dollars, and displaced millions of civilians.”
“If Republicans actually wanted to stop congressional stock trading, they’d pass our bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act,"”
“The point is that tariffs contributed to inflation.”
“We support open-source AI and the innovation it unlocks. But open source is not open season on American IP.”

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On the recordOctober 12, 2009
The mandate is an idea that has been championed by Republicans, especially, for example, Charles Grassley.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Begala points out that the individual mandate in health care reform has support from Republicans.

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