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March 13, 2014
Despite the House Republicans' fixation with repealing or undermining the Affordable Care Act, nearly two-thirds of the American people say the law should remain.

From Talking Points Memo:

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March 13, 2014
The American Medical Association (AMA) – one of the nation's top physician and medical student associations – sent a letter to Congressional Leaders voicing their strong opposition to the House Republicans' toxic "doc fix" slated to come to a vote this week.
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March 13, 2014

Yesterday, eleven groups representing the nation's seniors, their doctors and their advocates sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging the House to reject the Republicans' toxic "doc fix" bill – the GOP's 51st vote to repeal or undermine the ACA.

From the letter:

Blog Post
March 12, 2014
The GOP's dead-end 51st vote to repeal or undermine ACA not only jeopardizes American seniors' health – it will hike insurance premiums and uninsure 13 million Americans according to the nonpartisan CBO.
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March 12, 2014
According to Congressman Paul Ryan, House Republican leaders "don't have the votes" to pass comprehensive immigration reform.  [3/12]

Is that so?  The following facts call his assertion into question:

Blog Post
March 12, 2014
For the GOP's 51st vote to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans have turned their toxic, empty partisanship onto the health care of America's seniors – threatening to derail bipartisan, bicameral process towards a permanent Medicare "doc fix."

Doctors groups have already come out against the House Republi

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March 12, 2014
House Republican Budget Chairman and former Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan had this to say this morning about poverty:

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March 10, 2014
Speaker Boehner and House Republicans are readying their latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, their 51st attempt to undermine health reform.  This latest desperate plan would tie the permanent Medicare ‘doc fix' to a delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate.  In doing so, the Republican leadership is threatening to blow up bipartisan, bicameral progress toward a
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March 10, 2014
The Hill asks an important question on today's front page – is the 113th Congress the Worst Congress ever?

The short answer: yes.

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March 7, 2014
Shocking nobody, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) confirmed Congressional Republicans have a plan – a plan to do nothing for the remainder of the year.

From Cincinnati Enquirer: