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“79 senators, including that great conservative Elizabeth Warren, said they didn't like the medical device tax, so we will go at that law - which in my view is the single worst piece of legislation passed in the last half century - in every way that we can.”

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Mitch McConnell

American politician and member of the Republican Party, serving as the former Majority Leader of the United States Senate. Born on February 20, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. more

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