With House Democrats passing Obamacare over the vociferous objections of a clear majority of Americans, Republicans are confidently predicting they will score big gains in November’s mid-term congressional election, quite possibly as big as the landmark 1994 contest.
But there is one very important difference between then and now that could negate or blunt GOP gains: Bill Clinton suffered two major defeats prior to the 94 elections – failure of Hillarycare and what was then the biggest tax increase in America, which was passed by the House by one vote, that of freshman Rep. Marjorie Margolies, D-PA. who was subsequently defeated.
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