GOP vote to repeal health reform an empty gesture

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Author(s)	San Francisco Chronicle editorial board
Source	San Francisco Chronicle
Date	January 21, 2011
URL	http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/21/ED8I1HC61C.DTL
Quote	One of the Republicans' major campaign promises was to cut the national deficit. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, repealing health care would increase deficits by $230 billion over the next decade. How does that square with their mission and the country's economic health?

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This item argues against the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.