Fiorina says under Democratic health reform legislation, government panels would have too much influence on patients' health care.

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Chellie Pingree, a Democratic Party congresswoman from Maine,said the legislation will have a number of positive consequences.

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"The president needs to pass significant legislation and sell it to the American people in order to help Democratic senators and representatives in their re-election bids,".

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Taking advantage of large majorities in Congress, he spent the first two years passing major Democratic legislation: financial regulation and health-care reform.

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The Tea Party, having already notched 2010 Congressional wins for the GOP and used its numbers there to block any Democratic legislation, believes Barack Obama has so failed he cannot be re-elected.

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That's why a June 15, 2009, study by the Congressional Budget Office warns that Democratic legislation could force 15 million Americans who currently receive their health coverage through their employers -- not to mention 8 million Americans who receive health care from other sources -- onto the government rolls.

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