Article: Gingrich urges Republicans to kill health care reform bill

WASHINGTON -- The House Republican whip, Newt Gingrich, acknowledged yesterday that he has told GOP members of a key committee considering health care reform to do whatever they can to kill the bill.

"My advice to the Ways and Means Republicans is they should do what they think is effective in keeping the Gibbons bill from passing," Gingrich said, referring to legislation offered by the House Ways and Means chairman, Sam M. Gibbons. "It's a bad bill. Why offer amendments to improve it?"

Gingrich's comments reflect a growing argument among Republicans in the House and Senate that their constituents do not want a massive, changed health care system. In Boston over the weekend, Senate ...

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