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Virginia man sues Republican Party for failing to repeal “Obamacare”
Bob Heghmann, a Virginia man is suing the Republican Party for failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act better known as Obamacare while also claiming that GOP lawmakers defrauded contributors with promises to undo the act.
The 70-year-old from Virginia Beach wants the Republican Party to return contributions or threaten lawmakers with losing financial support if they fail to repeal the ACA.
According to reports, the Republican National Committee and the Republican Party of Virginia raised more than $755 million over seven years while campaigning on a repeal-and-replace platform.
But all that came to nothing last month when the Republican-controlled Senate failed to approve a new health care bill.
Read also: Trump’s agenda suffers major setback, as Obamacare repeal fails at US Senate
The attempt by Trump, to repeal the Affordable Care Act, widely tagged “Obamacare”, which was put in place by his predecessor, Barack Obama, was dealt a serious blow as it failed in the US Senate last Friday.
Trump nose-dived in his bid to repeal the health care law following an unsuccessful attempt by Senate Republicans thereby putting an end, at least for now, to the Party’s seven-year quest to overturn Obamacare.
The decision as to whether or not the repeal would pass came down to three Republicans who crossed party lines, joining the Democrats to kill the bill.
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