Politics

Republicans Reconsidering Approach to Obamacare

Recent attempt to defund the legislation didn't go so well

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The stiffest test facing congressional GOP leaders is how to avoid another Obamacare-induced fiscal crisis, which top Republicans say would put their House majority in jeopardy and further deplete the party's uphill chances of capturing control of the Senate.

Two different tactics are on display: In the House, the approach is to be meek; in the Senate, it's to be muscular.