some top republicans say that falls short. there is not enough. there is not nearly enough, and it simply will not take care of the issues and challenges we have. for example, half the f-18s are now grounded for lack of parts, and we have increased operations both in syria and afghanistan. reporter: and new push back from house conservatives. now threatening to derail gop plans to repeal and replace obamacare. you ll vote against this plan if it were to come up? i have big concerns, i think a lot of members do with the plan as it is proposed right now. reporter: a growing number of house republicans are questioning a central element of the health plan. new refundable tax credits americans would use to buy health insurance. some conservatives view that plan as another entitlement. do you have any concerns with that specifically the concern about this creating potentially new entitlement? correct. i think that s the $94 question. do you go from again a
conway who would have been the young handsome up and coming democrat of kentucky because he lost to tea party candidate matt bevan. despite the happy story that democrat will tell about implementing obamacare in kentucky, there are still gaps in communicating with that voting community. mary catherine, ruth, jeff, thank you so much. he says the only way to deal with obamacare is a full repeal and replace, not changing it piece by piece. so, what does kentucky s rand paul think of the current gop plan in we ll talk to him next. . it s nice to remove artificial ingredients. kind never had to. we ve used real ingredients, whole nuts, and natural flavors from the very beginning. give kind a try.
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subcommittee hearing they said the irs customer service was atrocious. customer service was far worse than any one would want. not having enough people to answer the phones and provide service for customers. the irs appropriated $10.9 billion. the congress appropriated money into the account in order to meet customer service needs. the irs moved that money out and their service was by the commissioner s own admission they cut themselves. the irs spent more than a billion dollars on implementing obamacare. the priorities should be given to the taxpayers who need help. thank you very much ashley. let s keep talking about this. what do you think about the irs cutting its own customer service budget while giving bonuses.
the commissioner was on last night. he had explaining to do here on fox. that money wasn t willy-nilly easily moved. we knew it was not going to help taxpayer service. if the filing season had gone badly, this hearing would have been why did you do that why didn t you take money from else where. we had no choice. they said yes to unions and no to you. half of phone calls didn t get through. most people who did stayed on the phone for 40 minutes. they said hang ups. you wait all this time they pick up and they disconnect. how many people are impacted by obamacare? because this was they diverted all these resources so they could handle the implementation of obamacare. how many people file federal income taxes? a lot. half the country doesn t pay any. it s a big number versus a small