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Bergich supports budget reconciliation gto circumvent process
Begich defeated incumbent [[Republican]] [[Ted Stevens]] in 2008 after he was falsely indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to report gifts received from the VECO Corporation. All charges against Stevens were dismissed after prosecutorial misconduct.
Begich defeated incumbent [[Republican]] [[Ted Stevens]] in 2008 after he was falsely indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to report gifts received from the VECO Corporation. All charges against Stevens were dismissed after prosecutorial misconduct.
==Budget reconciliation to pass Obamacare==
On March 6, 2010, it was reported Bergich became the 50th Senator agreeable to using the highly questionable [[budget reconciliation]] process as a means to circumvent ordinary Senate rules to force [[President Obama]]'s [[healthcare reform]] package into law.<ref>http://openleft.com/diary/17708/mark-begich-open-to-reconciliation-for-health-reformthat-makes-50</ref> Opinion polls show a majority of Americans oppose the radical measures in the president's healthcare package.<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/cnn-poll-only-25-support-obamacare</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Mark_Begich.htm On the Issues]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Mark_Begich.htm On the Issues]
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