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Few Republicans hold town halls after health care vote
Source: ABC News
Few Republicans hold town halls after health care vote
By JOSH HASKELL, TOM LLAMAS and MARYALICE PARKS May 9, 2017, 1:48 PM ET
After House Republicans passed a major bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act last week, lawmakers are back in their districts, but only a handful of Republicans have scheduled public events to plug their recent legislative accomplishment.
By ABC News’ latest count, fewer than 20 House Republicans (out of 238 GOP members), plan to hold formal town hall events this week. Roughly the same number of Democrats are holding similar events.
Last night, New York Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney attended a public discussion on health care in a district that borders his own after the district's Republican lawmaker, Rep. John Faso, did not schedule an event. An estimated 400 people showed up.
“This guy should not be on some milk-carton. He should be here,” Maloney said about his Republican colleague. “Don’t take this the wrong way – I have my own district. I shouldn’t be here.”
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By JOSH HASKELL, TOM LLAMAS and MARYALICE PARKS May 9, 2017, 1:48 PM ET
After House Republicans passed a major bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act last week, lawmakers are back in their districts, but only a handful of Republicans have scheduled public events to plug their recent legislative accomplishment.
By ABC News’ latest count, fewer than 20 House Republicans (out of 238 GOP members), plan to hold formal town hall events this week. Roughly the same number of Democrats are holding similar events.
Last night, New York Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney attended a public discussion on health care in a district that borders his own after the district's Republican lawmaker, Rep. John Faso, did not schedule an event. An estimated 400 people showed up.
“This guy should not be on some milk-carton. He should be here,” Maloney said about his Republican colleague. “Don’t take this the wrong way – I have my own district. I shouldn’t be here.”
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-hold-town-halls-health-care-vote/story?id=47298364