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Ep. 471 — Rep. Elissa Slotkin

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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Is There a Preexisting Condition?

"i was thinking about running, but i was real reticent. I was like, i'm a national security person. How does it work? How do you raise money?" she says. "I turned to my husband and said: 'You don't get to ignore your constituents' And that was the moment." Obama's health care law passed in 2010 after years of being threatened by insurance companies. The bill is now up for re-election next year.

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