John Kelly: Obamacare repeal effort likely to return in spring

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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told reporters that there probably won’t be a new Obamacare repeal bill until the spring and declined to join President Trump in attacking Senate Republican leadership.

Kelly’s remarks at the White House press briefing Thursday came a few hours after Trump signed an executive order aimed at loosening Obamacare’s insurance rules. The order was signed a few weeks after Congress failed to overhaul the law and ignited attacks from Trump over Senate rules such as the legislative filibuster.

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