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Barbara Boxer defends Raul Ruiz for siding with GOP in shutdown vote [View all]
She says Dems won't penalize freshman's vote of conscience
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20131003/NEWS03/310030004/barbara-boxer-defends-raul-ruiz-obamacare-shutdown
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Rancho Mirage Democrat and mentor to Rep. Raul Ruiz, defended the freshman Democrat on Thursday for backing a GOP spending bill that would’ve delayed a central provision of the Democrats’ health care reform.
Monday’s vote angered many of Ruiz’s supporters in the Coachella Valley, particularly because the Palm Desert Democrat had made health care a central theme to his 2012 campaign
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I am one of many, who stood by him during the vile campaign against him by Mary Bono, thinking we had a real Dem.Thanks a lot Dr. Ruiz
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