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(20,450 posts)bama rebukes 'irresponsible' Republicans in health care speech (The ACA is here to stay"
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Source: NBC
Obama rebukes 'irresponsible' Republicans in health care speech
By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News
President Barack Obama dismissed what he called the antics on Capitol Hill over the budget to keep up the sales pitch on his namesake health care law Thursday.
Slamming irresponsible congressional Republicans who have threatened to shut down the government or prevent a raise in the debt ceiling if the Affordable Care Act is not defunded, a defiant Obama said the health law wont be derailed.
Thats not going to happen as long as I am president, he said during an appearance at a community college just outside Washington D.C.s Beltway. The Affordable Care Act is here to stay.
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"I wont negotiate on anything when it comes to the full faith and credit of the United States of America," he said.
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