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Washington (CNN) - Shortly after Kathleen Sebelius was tapped to carry out President Barack Obama's signature health care reform effort, the head of Health and Human Services found herself in the crosshairs of Republicans determined to repeal the law.
The two-term Kansas governor-turned-Obamacare-chief-defender is resigning as health secretary. She's leaving after a problem-plagued rollout of HealthCare.gov, the federal website portal critical to the law's implementation, but with the administration taking a victory lap after unexpectedly reaching and then exceeding its sign-up target of 7 million. FULL STORY
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On tonight's episode of #Crossfire, host Newt Gingrich questions the progressiveness of New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio. Watch how our guests, Democratic pollster Margie Omero and Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway, respond.
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When defending his state's use of Obamacare, Gov. Scott Walker responds "It's the law."
(CNN) - As the fallout from the botched launch of Affordable Care Act's exchanges continues, it grows ever clearer that website glitches are only a small part of the problem with the cumbersome - and increasingly unworkable - law. One has to ask: Is President Barack Obama making this up as he goes?
It's hard to imagine that the President and the team charged with implementing Obamacare couldn't have foreseen the problems that have continually popped up. Yet, here we are, bringing in "tech surges" to examine the website problems, security experts to mitigate privacy concerns, insurance executives to "brainstorm" ways to actually insure people. And all the while the President has implied he was the last to know that storm clouds were on the immediate horizon.
There are two possible scenarios here:
FULL STORYPresident Obama delivered a stunning mea culpa at the White House by allowing insurers to offer current insurance plans for another year even if they don't comply with Obamacare.
Will he sooth the nerves of Democrats or win any Republican support?
In the Crossfire at 6:30pm ET: Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) join Van Jones and Newt Gingrich to discuss.
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The numbers everyone's been waiting for are out: Just over 106,000 signed up for Obamacare in its first month, fewer than 27,000 coming from the healthcare.gov site.
Plus, horror stories from Obamacare website insiders were told at a Congressional hearing today. But was the hearing fair?
Tonight in the Crossfire: Rep. James Lankford and Rep. Loretta Sanchez join Newt Gingrich and Stephanie Cutter to debate Obamacare.
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On Crossfire, Bill Kristol and Thom Hartmann discuss the House Republicans' bill to reverse health insurance cancellations