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Chamber of Commerce Opposes Clinton Health Plan; After GOP Lobbying, Group Withdraws Conciliatory Testimony Prepared for House Hearing

The Washington Post | February 4, 1994 | Copyright

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday backed away from conciliatory testimony on President Clinton's health care proposal and instead became the second business group in two days to publicly oppose the administration's health plan.

The shift came after House Republicans launched an intense lobbying campaign on Wednesday, when they and others received advance copies of testimony of Robert E. Patricelli, a Chamber official scheduled to appear yesterday before the House Ways and Means Committee.

The advance testimony, which was repudiated by Patricelli yesterday, stated that…

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