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President threatens to veto GOP's ObamaCare bills to delay mandates




President Obama is threatening to veto Republican bills that would delay the healthcare reform law's employer and individual mandates. 

Obama declared the employer bill "unnecessary" — the administration announced the same delay on July 2 — and said the individual bill is harmful to consumers in a Statement of Administration Policy issued Tuesday. 

Botched ObamaCare rollout tops Democratic fears for 2014 election






Anxious Democrats fear a botched implementation of ObamaCare could dash their hopes of controlling the House and Senate for President Obama’s last two years in office.
At his press conference Tuesday, Obama acknowledged “glitches and bumps” in the law’s rollout, but some congressional Democrats fear much worse.