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Ron Johnson: “There is no way for us to defund Obamacare short of Harry…”

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

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Senator Johnson on Andrea Mitchell Reports - MSNBC

Published | Video Starts at 04:12

People are really concerned about the implementation of Obamacare across the board, whether you're talking about businesses, whether you're talking about city governments. Anybody say a shutdown will have to grapple with the. Well, unfortunately, There is no way for us to defund Obamacare short of Harry Reid passing a bill in the Senate and President Obama signing it. I don't think that's going to happen. So what conservatives need to do is we need to point out to the American public the, you know, the rolling disaster that the implementation of Obamacare is going to be. (04:12–04:20)

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Asserts that defunding Obamacare requires a bill passed by the Senate and signed by the President.

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