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Obamacare repeal thwarted again as Mike Pence fails to reach deal

The Guardian: Less than two weeks after a stone-faced Paul Ryan admitted defeat and declared the Affordable Care Act the “law of the land” for the “foreseeable future”, his ill-fated healthcare plan began to show sparks of life.

Hopes of reviving the Republicans’ failed healthcare plan surged briefly on Tuesday when vice-president Mike Pence came to Capitol Hill in an attempt to forge a new compromise that could somehow pass the House of Representatives.

But the late night talks between Pence and members of competing factions of the House Republican caucus stalled and no deal was reached. Obamacare repeal returned to the grave and recriminations began anew on Capitol Hill.

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