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The Congressional Record will forever show that [Obamacare] was passed in a romper room of overgrown children seemingly barely old enough to keep from peeing on themselves.
Matt Taibbi
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Matt Taibbi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 2
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Matthew C. Taibbi
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