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Hoyt

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6. Franken and others responding to device lobbyists. Sorry, this is no way to support ACA and
Tue Jan 6, 2015, 07:51 PM
Jan 2015

get it improved. I'm sure it is expedient thing to do to get re-elected, but it ain't populist.

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This quote really resonates with the Populist spirit Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #1
Hope Warren explains her support of Republican and lobbyist efforts to repeal medical device tax Hoyt Jan 2015 #2
I'm sure she will. Perhaps she has already. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #3
Lot of device manufacturers in her state. Hoyt Jan 2015 #4
Al Franken has also expressed concerns about the medical device tax. He's got Medtronic in MN. RiverLover Jan 2015 #7
Just typical bending over to lobbyists. Wendall Potter tonight said "utter poppy cock" Hoyt Jan 2015 #8
I do too, really. You have to take the good with the bad, though. RiverLover Jan 2015 #9
I hear you, and I'm not anti-Warren. I hate to see ACA go down because politicians don't have guts Hoyt Jan 2015 #10
I can't really comment on it as I don't know anything about it yet. But I will check out why two sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #18
Klobuchar, Warren, Franken have come out against the tax, it doesn't make them anti-ACA. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #19
Republicans like Al Franken? Faryn Balyncd Jan 2015 #5
Franken and others responding to device lobbyists. Sorry, this is no way to support ACA and Hoyt Jan 2015 #6
There are a number of transcending issues of huge importance to our survival as a democracy, to Faryn Balyncd Jan 2015 #11
So you are taking issue with the repeal of a tax... Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #12
What link do you need? That is what the device tax was earmarked. Hoyt Jan 2015 #13
Ok, if you say so. Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #14
No, it has not been replaced by other funding. Besides any other funding is needed for Hoyt Jan 2015 #15
I'm not sure these issues are Elizabeth Warren issues? Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #16
Depends on how important the ACA and uninsured are to you. Hoyt Jan 2015 #17
Can you help explain wavesofeuphoria Jan 2015 #20
"bipartisanship" and Keystone XL Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #21
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