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Paul Begala: “It's just too much all at once for one thing. And the healthcare plan, at least the last one, was desperately unpopular…”

On the recordApril 19, 2017
It's just too much all at once for one thing. And the healthcare plan, at least the last one, was desperately unpopular, 56-17 of the Quinnipiac polled people disapproved of it.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala critiques the feasibility of passing both healthcare and government funding measures simultaneously.

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