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*There is not a penny that can be saved in this proposal at this point except the recent tax cut, which the house has already dropped.

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After months of intrasession speculation and attack ads, through massive global advertising budgets and speaking-fee work, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-backed American Health Care Act (AHCA) finally comes to the floor of the House this week. Virtually no press reporting on the plan has surfaced, to the detriment of all but the most committed, right wing loyalists. Now we get to hear everything the committee plans to hear.

The truth is not what you think it is. This strategy was always aimed at calculating and getting a base of votes in conservative districts for the bill before moving on to the floor for round two with something […]

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