Bruce Josten, executive vice president for Government Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, issued a statement excoriating the Senate health care bill as containing “crippling” taxes and ignoring objections of the American people.“Despite numerous polls showing the majority of Americans are opposed to the Senate health care bill, sixty senators chose to ignore their objections. The business community has been consistent in calling for health care reform, but the bill that was passed by the Senate today is counterproductive, does little to lower the cost of health care, and it is not reform. It implements crippling new taxes, and hurts our ability to create jobs at the worst possible time for the economy.
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