HOW GOP REPUBLICANS PUMP BRAKES ON REPEALING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE) (1300 hits)
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Facing the realities of the complicated health insurance market, Republican members of Congress have wavered over the past week on a Senate bill to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law, pushing instead a strategy of crafting a replacement before going ahead with repeal.
Last Tuesday, Republican Senate leaders introduced a bill that would use the budget reconciliation process to undo significant parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare.
On Monday night, however, five GOP Senators — Bob Corker of Tennessee, Rob Portman of Ohio, Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — submitted an amendment to the bill in the Senate that would extend the deadline for the committees to craft a repeal bill from its current January 27 deadline to March 3.
