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On the recordSeptember 14, 2010
I thought it was so important that more Americans should know about this. The article explains that: Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and the deficit and instead stressing a promise to ``improve it.'' Well, this new Democratic message strategy on health care was developed by key Democratic strategists and pollsters, and it was detailed in a 24-slide PowerPoint presentation. The language in the presentation is remarkable, and it is radically different from what President Obama and the Democrats on this floor promised during the debate about health care. This new Democratic spin demonstrates that people who voted for this bad law now recognize how unpopular it is with the people of this country and how it will never live up to the grand promises. That is why people all around the country were saying, ``Don't vote for this'' as people in this body were cramming this bill--and now law--down the throats of the American people.
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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govinfo.gov
Sep 14, 2010

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Senator Barrasso discusses the shifting Democratic strategy on health care legislation and public dissatisfaction.

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