By the Numbers: GOP’s Obsession with the Affordable Care Act

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on March 25, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

By the Numbers: GOP’s Obsession with the Affordable Care Act

With less than a week to go before the enrollment deadline, here’s a reminder of the GOP’s priorities, by the numbers:

232: Number of consecutive days between July 2013 and March 2014 when Ways and Means didn’t hold a single full committee hearing on a topic other than the Affordable Care Act

17: Number of hearings that Ways and Means has held on the Affordable Care Act since 2011

21: Number of letters the Ways and Means GOP has sent to the Administration on the Affordable Care Act since 2011

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means