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The House Votes to Repeal 'Obamacare'
The GOP House is voting to repeal "Obamacare," with the Democratic Senate expected to ignore it. After SCOTUS' ruling, is it good politics to debate the issue again?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe Republican House is voting another repeal of what's called "Obamacare," with the Democratic Senate expected to ignore it altogether. In the aftermath of the US Supreme Court decision, is it good politics to debate the issue all over again? Also, Mitt Romney speaks at the NAACP annual meeting, and 520 more bodies were laid to rest today in Srebrenica, 17 years after Serbia attempted to eliminate the Muslim population of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Banner image: Speaker of the House John Boehner. Photo by GageSkidmore/flickr
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3 storiesMitt Romney Speaks at the NAACP Annual Meeting
In his campaign against President Obama, Mitt Romney addressed a tough crowd today, a convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Romney's vow to eliminate expensive programs, including the Affordable Care Act was met by boos from the NAACP crowd. Molly Ball covers politics for the Atlantic .
Read the story7 minElection-Year Politics and Healthcare
Today -- for the 33rd time -- House Republicans are voting to repeal President Obama's Affordable Care Act, with no chance that the Senate will go along. The House and Senate wrangling is political theater while the real action takes place in the states.
Read the story36 minThe Srebrenica Massacre 17 Years Later
Europe's worst massacre since World War II began approximately 17 years ago today, when Serbian forces entered the United Nations–protected City of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Some 8000 men and boys were separated from women, murdered and buried in mass graves.
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