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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The conservative Koch network is promising to spend millions of dollars to defeat the health care overhaul backed by President Donald Trump and top House Republicans.</p><p>The network&#8217;s leading organizations, Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners, announced late Wednesday the creation of a special fund to support House members who vote against the health care bill.</p><p>The announcement, which comes on the eve of the House vote, marks the influential conservative network&#8217;s most aggressive move against the health care proposal, which is under attack from the right and the left.</p><p>&#8220;The bill as it stands today is Obamacare 2.0,&#8221; said James Davis, executive vice president of Freedom Partners, in a statement announcing the new fund. He added, &#8220;We will stand with lawmakers who keep their promise and oppose this legislation &#8212; and work toward a solution that reduces costs and provides Americans with the relief they need and deserve.&#8221;</p><p>The organizations backed by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch declared their formal opposition to the GOP health care proposal Monday.</p><p>Like other conservatives, they decried the legislation as a new entitlement program that doesn&#8217;t go far enough in repealing President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care law. Moderate Republicans, meanwhile, are concerned by projections of 24 million Americans losing coverage in a decade and higher out-of-pocket costs for many low-income and older people.</p><p>The Koch-backed fund is being described only as &#8220;seven figures&#8221; and will go toward political ads, direct mail and other grassroots activity.</p><p>&#8220;We have a history of following up and holding politicians accountable, but we will also be there to support and thank the champions who stand strong and keep their promise,&#8221; Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips said.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The House Rules Committee meets to shape the final version of the Republican health care bill before it goes to the floor for debate and a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. From left to right are, House Budget Committee Chair Diane Black, R-Tenn., Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., the Budget Committee ranking member, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the ranking member of Ways and Means, and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. At top center on dais are Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the vice chair. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_AP17081765157419-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>The House Rules Committee meets to shape the final version of the Republican health care bill before it goes to the floor for debate and a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017. From left to right are, House Budget Committee Chair Diane Black, R-Tenn., Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., the Budget Committee ranking member, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the ranking member of Ways and Means, and Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. At top center on dais are Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, left, and Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., the vice chair. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Steve Peoples</p><p>Associated Press</p></bylineMeta></div>

Koch network spending millions to stop GOP health care bill