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As Obamacare begins, critics launch a new assault in ads
Source: Reuters
As Obamacare begins, critics launch a new assault in ads
BY GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI
WASHINGTON Thu Jan 2, 2014 6:08pm EST
(Reuters) - Conservative activists opposed to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul started a new assault on the Affordable Care Act as more than 2 million people began new health coverage under the law on Thursday.
One group, which is backed by the libertarian billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, launched a $2.5 million television ad campaign that targets three Democratic senators who support the law and could face stiff challenges from Republicans in November elections.
The group, Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, spent more than $36 million on the 2012 elections, largely for ads that bashed the law known as Obamacare and Democrats who supported it.
The ads by AFP are aimed at North Carolina's Kay Hagan, Louisiana's Mary Landrieu and New Hampshire's Jeanne Shaheen. Their bids for re-election will be crucial to Democrats' efforts to keep control of the U.S. Senate, where Democrats control 55 of the 100 seats.
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BY GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI
WASHINGTON Thu Jan 2, 2014 6:08pm EST
(Reuters) - Conservative activists opposed to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul started a new assault on the Affordable Care Act as more than 2 million people began new health coverage under the law on Thursday.
One group, which is backed by the libertarian billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, launched a $2.5 million television ad campaign that targets three Democratic senators who support the law and could face stiff challenges from Republicans in November elections.
The group, Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, spent more than $36 million on the 2012 elections, largely for ads that bashed the law known as Obamacare and Democrats who supported it.
The ads by AFP are aimed at North Carolina's Kay Hagan, Louisiana's Mary Landrieu and New Hampshire's Jeanne Shaheen. Their bids for re-election will be crucial to Democrats' efforts to keep control of the U.S. Senate, where Democrats control 55 of the 100 seats.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/02/us-usa-healthcare-ads-idUSBREA010Z620140102
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WE THE PEOPLE will finally have the final word. And the Kochs will be pouring more of their ill-gotten money down a rat hole.
watching the 2nd disc of Newsroom! Love It.. and I know I'm late late to the 
