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House Republicans have invested so much effort and time attempting to undermine and repeal the patient protections and budget savings included in the Affordable Care Act, they don't even recognize GOP-supported goals when face-to-face with them.

What we know: GOP Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers misled the American people in the Republican response to the President's State of the Union on Tuesday with a scare story about Bette from Spokane.

In the GOP Response to the President's State of the Union Address, House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers told a story about Bette from Spokane who was facing sharply higher health insurance costs supposedly as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

Yesterday afternoon, House Republicans embarked on their annual retreat to have lessons in, among other things, "connecting to hardworking Americans" and ponder the question "what if there had not been a Republican majority?"

Compelling.

While House Republicans are going about their annual retreat – a new poll released this morning by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the American people are tired of the endless attempts to repeal the patient protections and budget savings in the Affordable Care Act:

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Republicans have held the majority of the House of Representatives for three full years or more than 1,100 days.

You would think after all that time they would have a plan – but apparently they do not…

Maybe House Republicans need another memo.

The second session of the 113th Congress has just begun and already there are indications House Republicans are losing track of their message.

Speaker Boehner and GOP leaders in the House might have sent around a memo instructing Republican members to "show compassion" when talking about jobless Americans but the cold truth remains: actions speak louder than word