Rep. Steve King: Obamacare Repeal Is Still Possible – and Priority #1

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Rep. Steve King (R-IA)

In the weeks since President Obama signed his health care plan into law, Republicans have done more to repeal and replace their own rhetoric than to repeal and replace Obamacare, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said at The Heritage Foundation Bloggers Briefing Tuesday. Yet, repeal is still possible, he said—and should be priority No. 1.

Two days after the health care bill passed, Republicans said they would work to rescind the legislation entirely. Now, some say they’d like to revoke only its most egregious aspects.

“They’re trying to redefine what ‘repeal’ means,” King said. (more…)