House Dems fight GOP Obamacare lawsuit

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House Republicans do not have the authority to sue the Obama administration over how Obamacare is funded, House Democratic leadership said in a court filing Monday.

The chamber’s Democratic leadership filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit contesting the House lawsuit over the law’s cost-sharing reduction payments. A lower court sided with House Republicans in May that the administration overstepped its authority with the payments.

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