a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1686:"<span style="font-size: larger;">Eighty congressional Republicans has signed and sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, stating that the Affordable Care Act, leads to job losses, coverage changes and other negative effects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Signing the letter from Michigan were five of the nine GOP representatives including Congressmen <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Justin Amash, Dan Benishek, Kerry Bentivolio, Bill Huizenga,</span> and <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Tim Walberg</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Four of Michigan&rsquo;s nine GOP representatives DID NOT sign the letter including Congressmen <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Dave Camp, Candice Miller, Mike Rogers,</span>&nbsp; and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> Fred Upton</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;"><em><strong>Not a single member of GOP leadership signed the letter, however, nor did any major committee chairmen, which could signal that the effort has yet to gain traction.</strong></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">For an article on Michigan&rsquo;s GOP congressmen and the decision to sign or not sign the letter to defund Obamacare click on the following story link:</span><br />
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