GOP says health care law undermines marriage

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House Republicans, eager to repeal the nation’s new health care reform law, released a report Thursday claiming that a new tax penalty included in the reforms will discourage people from getting married.

The Republican-led House Government Oversight and Reform panel issued the 22-page report to coincide with a hearing at which witnesses offered mostly critical critiques of the health care law drafted and passed by Democrats in 2009.

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