Congressional Republicans to grill Obamacare consultant at hearing

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Yahoo News:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress plan to renew their attacks on President Barack Obama and his signature healthcare plan on Tuesday when they grill a consultant who said "the stupidity of the American voter" helped ensure the law's passage.

Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said panel members will ask consultant Jonathan Gruber about possible deceptions and a lack of transparency in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.

Republicans have seized on videos in which Gruber, a healthcare economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Obamacare consultant, says the law was written in a "very tortured way" to hide taxes, and passed thanks to "the stupidity of the American voter."

Issa said the public deserved an explanation from Gruber at Tuesday's hearing.

"If you can't trust what he says, and what he says he'll do, to get votes and trick the American people into voting for something, then can you trust his analytics?" Issa said of Gruber.

"It is our job to see that the administration is working to run the country and that they are reporting honestly their successes and their failures,” he told Reuters.

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Jonathan Gruber, come on down and eat your own words!