House Budget Committee passes Obamacare bill with three GOP defections

Published March 16, 2017 2:34pm ET



The House Budget Committee on Thursday narrowly approved a bill to repeal and partially replace Obamacare, in a vote that highlighted GOP divisions over the major legislation.

The committee voted 19-17 to advance the package to the House Rules Committee, with three Republicans joining all of the committee’s Democrats voting against it.

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