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Republican lawmakers take Trump’s Obamacare repeal snub in stride

By Robert King
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Republican lawmakers take Trump’s Obamacare repeal snub in stride

Several Republicans weren’t too concerned that President Trump did not say during the State of the Union that he wanted to get rid of the rest of Obamacare.

Trump touted the repeal of the health law’s individual mandate in tax reform during his first State of the Union Tuesday. Some Republicans weren’t surprised that Trump did not make a renewed push to get rid of the rest of Obamacare after Congress failed to do so last year.

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