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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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