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February 13, 2012

Post-Gazette: McConnell pushes to overturn health law's birth control mandate

by Anne Flaherty
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WASHINGTON -- Conservatives said Sunday the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell saying he will push to overturn the requirement because it was another example of government meddling.

While a senior White House official shrugged off such remarks, declaring the issue resolved and new legislation unlikely, the heated rhetoric from Republicans suggested the GOP would try to keep the debate alive in an election year to rally conservatives and seize upon voter frustration with big government.

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