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Ron Johnson: “The employer mandate is something again, President Obama…”

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

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Senator Johnson on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 19:33

The candidates have no loyalty to the voters no more but to the widget All right, Senator Johnson. Well, first of all, The employer mandate is something again, President Obama without legal authority has delayed and the law is very clear that the employer mandate shall be implemented after January or December 31, 2013. The employer mandate should be in effect. But President Obama didn't come back to Congress to change the law the constitutional way. He just took upon himself through presidential edict and decree to change it. (19:33–19:45)

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Asserts that President Obama delayed the employer mandate without legal authority.

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