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  GOP vs. GOP in Hill Obamacare squabble
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Sep 18, 2013 09:45am
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AuthorMANU RAJU and JENNIFER HABERKORN
News DateWednesday, September 18, 2013 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionA new GOP vs. GOP battle is brewing over Obamacare — this time, over health care coverage for lawmakers and their staff.

A growing number of Republicans are scoffing at Louisiana Sen. David Vitter’s push to stop federal contributions that will help pay for health coverage for lawmakers and their staff under the new Obamacare exchanges. Vitter’s crusade has effectively put his GOP colleagues in the unenviable position of hurting themselves and their staff financially or siding with another political attack on a law the party universally despises.

The latest pushback is another sign of how the long-running GOP fight to repeal Obamacare has suddenly degenerated into an internal Republican battle, prompting widespread concerns among party elders.

“One of our strengths in this fight — even though we had minority numbers in both the House and the Senate when the law passed — was that no Republicans voted for it in the Senate,” said Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a member of his party’s leadership. “Somehow, some of our members seem to think there’s forward progress in figuring out ways to divide us on something we’re totally united on. That can’t be a good idea.”
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