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Jim McDermott: To say the employer mandate is connected to that really is a ruse to get us into a big argument about bringing the whole…

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
To say the employer mandate is connected to that really is a ruse to get us into a big argument about bringing the whole program down.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott criticizes the framing of the employer mandate as a central issue.

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