Tea Party Tempest: Allen West Breaks From GOP on Health-Care Repeal

Submitted by Anonymous on May 8, 2011 - 4:07pm

U.S. Rep. Allen West voted against a bill to scrap part of Obamacare, sending some ripples through the tea party.

Explaining his surprising vote, West's spokeswoman said the tea party favorite "believes there are bigger funding issues to be focusing on right now, including the numerous developments in the Middle East."

West, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, questioned the House's continued efforts to dismantle the health-care law on a piecemeal basis.

"He voted to repeal Obamacare, and it was dead on arrival in the Senate," spokeswoman Angela Sachitano told The Hill.

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