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John Cornyn: “President Obama's promise that people making less than…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Floor Speech on Health Care Sunday Evening 12-20

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

That's one part of this. We also know it's going to increase taxes by $518 billion. Well, we already know that President Obama's promise that people making less than $250,000 a year, that that promise will not be kept under this bill. and that this bill, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, will impact small businesses and their ability to create jobs and retain workers during one of the worst recessions we've had in this country. (03:06–03:15)

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Asserts that the healthcare bill breaks President Obama's promise regarding taxes for those earning under $250,000.

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