At Town Halls, Gop Caught Between Trump, Angry Voters

A little more than a month into Trump's term, Republicans like Young find themselves squeezed between a polarizing president and hundreds of angry voters flooding their Capitol Hill phone lines, protesting at their offices and shouting them down at rowdy town halls. Congressional GOP leaders plan to stay the course, pushing ahead with repeal of the health care law, overhaul of the tax system and other efforts to roll back former President Barack Obama's policies despite the outcry. With polls showing the law becoming more popular since Trump's election, Republican lawmakers are struggling to respond to constituents worried about losing their coverage, even as an energized GOP base demands a swift — and complete — repeal. Popular provisions like allowing adult children to remain covered by their parents' insurance and barring denial of coverage based on pre-existing conditions are part of what makes the law difficult to uproot, he told the shouting crowd at his town hall. The outcry among angry voters was part of what convinced Iowa Republican Sen.

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