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A History of Bipartisanship in the Health Care Reform Act

7 April 2012 | Filed under: Political Commentary

CNN’s chief political analyst Gloria Bolger, in the article Epic failure by Washington sets us adrift1, puts forward the proposition from the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan that, “Great changes in national public policy should never be erected on slender partisan majorities.” She uses this to criticize the health care …

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