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Ron Johnson: “President Obama's big supporters of the unions are demanding…”

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

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Senator Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal Part 1

Published | Video Starts at 02:37

… talking about it is as this thing does get rolled out, I think Americans are going to be not particularly happy with what the results are. We're already seeing it. President Obama's big supporters of the unions are demanding that [Obamacare] be changed because they're recognizing it's threatening the 40-hour workweek. It's certainly not producing job growth, job creation. So, you know, across the board, Obamacare I think is going to be a disaster for our health care system for, you know, let's face our federal budget and for our freedoms. (02:37–02:45)

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Asserts that unions, supporters of President Obama, want changes to Obamacare due to threats to the 40-hour workweek.

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