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Ron Johnson: “Obamacare was passed on a very partisan basis.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal Part 1

Published September 24, 2013 | Video Starts at 10:17

And another thing, Senator, can you tell me in detail what kind of insurance you have and who pays for it if it's not the taxpayer? Okay, first of all, John, what we're seeing is that Obamacare was passed on a very partisan basis. And even President Obama's union backers are really taking a look at this law and going, there are a lot of problems with this, with this bill. (10:17–10:21)

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Asserts that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was passed without bipartisan support.

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