House Democrats' new Obamacare strategy: Get out of the way
By Heather Caygle and Elana Schor
03/22/17 05:14 AM EDT
House Democrats have a new plan to tank Paul Ryan’s Obamacare repeal: Get out of the way.
Democratic leaders in the House know they’re powerless to stop the GOP’s health care bill. So instead, with a repeal vote looming Thursday, they’re executing a strategic retreat.
After previously deploying a bevy of procedural tactics to delay the bill from reaching the House floor, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her caucus are shifting strategies and hoping that Republicans will run their beleaguered plan aground on their own.
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