Tea Party group signals tepid support for Senate Obamacare overhaul bill

Published September 20, 2017 4:24pm ET



Conservative activist group FreedomWorks signaled Wednesday they will not oppose a GOP bill that would replace Obamacare with block grants and let states take control of the troubled healthcare law.

“Although this amendment fails to meet more than seven years of promises to repeal ObamaCare and does not truly represent an approach grounded in the principles of federalism, there is a path to win our support,” FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon said in a statement.

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