No Compromise

Cruz, Rubio Threaten to Kill Partial Obamacare Repeal Bill

The Republican presidential hopefuls would rather have no loaf than half of one.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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For the first time, Republicans have an opportunity to land a bill on President Barack Obama's desk that achieves two of their most sought after goals: rolling back his signature health care law and defunding Planned Parenthood.

But two of the party's most staunchly conservative presidential hopefuls in the Senate are threatening to scuttle the legislation, which passed the House on Friday with 239 Republican votes.