Protesters’ chanting sends Obamacare overhaul hearing into recess

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Protesters of the Republican bill to overhaul Obamacare delayed the start of the sole hearing on the bill Monday.

“No cuts to Medicaid, save our liberties,” shouted members of the crowd who were able to make it into the hearing room. Several people were removed from the room, some of them in wheelchairs. Only roughly 20 people got into the hearing, a majority of them protesters concerned about major cuts to the Medicaid program under the overhaul bill sponsored by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Dean Heller of Nevada and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

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