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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. listens during a news conference on President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare
law, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Associated Press
Obama, Pence harden ‘Obamacare’ battle lines at Capitol

ALAN FRAM the Oval Office, he said they will have to come up Obama and Pence held to an aide who attended
Associated Press repealing and replacing with a replacement plan dueling strategy sessions Wednesday’s session.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard- Obama’s law will be the before Democrats con- with lawmakers at the The two sides traded insults
ening battle lines for the president-elect’s “first or- sider whether to help them Capitol as the new Repub- through the day.
brawl to come, President der of business.” revamp the system. lican-led Congress com- Said Schumer: “The Repub-
Barack Obama urged con- “The American people vot- That adds pressure on Re- menced its drive to dissolve lican plan to cut health
gressional Democrats to ed decisively for a better publicans, who for years the health care statute. care wouldn’t make Amer-
“look out for the American future for health care in this have battled among The 2010 overhaul, which ica great again, it would
people” in defending his country, and we are deter- themselves over what a has extended coverage make America sick again.”
legacy health care over- mined to give them that,” new law would look like, to 20 million people and Previewing an attack line
haul, while Vice President- Pence said. including how to finance reshaped the nation’s $3 sure to be heard again in
elect Mike Pence stood Outnumbered in the new its programs and whether trillion-a-year health care this year’s debate, House
firm Wednesday in telling Congress, Democrats to keep Obama’s expan- system, has long stood as Minority Leader Nancy Pe-
Republicans that disman- didn’t sound confident in sion of Medicaid for more one of Obama’s proudest losi said the GOP is aiming
tling “Obamacare” is No. 1 stopping the Republicans lower-income people. triumphs and the ascen-
on Donald Trump’s list. cold but signaled they “They’re repealing, we’re dant GOP’s top target for to also scuttle Medicaid
“We’re going to be in the wouldn’t make the GOP’s not. It’s their obligation to extinction. and Medicare, going after
promise-keeping business,” job any easier. New Sen- come up with a replace- “Despite the negativity programs that are “very
Pence declared at two ate Minority Leader Chuck ment,” Schumer said, a you have a big chunk of personal in the lives of the
separate Capitol news Schumer, D-N.Y., said that sentiment he said he be- the country that wants this American people.”
conferences. Just 16 days if the Republicans do scut- lieved Democrats shared thing to succeed,” Obama Continued on page 3
before Trump takes over tle the health care law, unanimously. told Democrats, according