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Pete Buttigieg: “A member of Congress...miraculously became one of the few…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 21:53

And sure enough, as the RSVP list was building for that event, there was this big vote on the Affordable Care Act. And even though this A member of Congress...miraculously became one of the few Republicans to defect and vote alongside Democrats to preserve those subsidies, those tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. I think partly because he felt that political pressure. I'll give you a third example. State of Indiana. (21:53–22:24)

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Asserts that public pressure influenced a Republican congressman to support the Affordable Care Act.

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