Republicans Pressuring Boehner for Obamacare Alternative

Republicans aligned with the small-government Tea Party movement are pushing House Speaker John Boehner for an Obamacare alternative, risking a split in party unity ahead of the November congressional election.

“We need to have a positive alternative,” Representative Tom Price, a Georgia Republican, said today at a Bloomberg Government breakfast in Washington. “If you’re not providing a contrast, then the American people are justified in saying: What’s your plan?”