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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat May 6, 2017, 08:48 PM May 2017

GOP braces for healthcare blowback at home

House Republicans are bracing themselves for encounters with angry constituents when they return to their districts this weekend after casting votes on legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare.  

Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), the centrist who negotiated the amendment that helped bring the House GOP’s healthcare bill over the finish line, expects his town hall next Wednesday could get rowdy.

MacArthur noted the event is being held in Willingboro, N.J., where he only won 10 percent of the vote in the last election. 

“This is a not a town that’s going to perhaps be thrilled with this. But I will meet my constituents and talk to them and tell them why and help them understand that what they hear in the media and what fearmongerers are trying to whip up is simply not the truth,” MacArthur said just off the House floor after Thursday’s 217-213 vote on the healthcare bill. 

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/332162-gop-braces-for-healthcare-blowback-at-home

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