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John Lewis

The Georgia Congressman and veteran of the civil rights movement discusses the health care vote, a Russia investigation and why he’s hopeful for the future

You called the GOP health care overhaul bill “a shame” in a speech from the House floor shortly before that bill was withdrawn. What went through your mind the moment you heard there’d be no vote? I was very, very pleased that the core of what President Obama attempted to do was still very much alive. Together we can fix and strengthen

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