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Lousiana Purchase- Senator Landrieu defends payoff position on ObamaCare
Posted By admin On 4. February 2010 @ 15:29 In christian news, Senate, gov news, obama news, US News, blog news, Freedom News | No Comments
Sen. Mary Landrieu — who has been getting hammered by conservative critics for cutting a deal to get Louisiana $300 million in extra Medicaid funds inserted into the health care bill — went to the Senate floor today to defend the so-called “Louisiana purchase.”
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. speaks during aDec. 17 news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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She called it a “bipartisan effort.” Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, made ”multiple requests” for the funding and worked with the senator’s office for more than a year to obtain it, she said.
“I make no apologies for leading this effort,” she said, calling it a “good thing for several reasons.”
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