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On Tuesday, the sometimes ferocious Tea Party pressure group Freedomworks announced that it would be doing a six-figure ad buy against "Obamacare Lite," its pejorative for the bill that is winding its way through the House of Representatives to repeal and replace Obamacare.

On Wednesday, Freedomworks issued a statement by its president Adam Brandon which did not mention the ad buy but rather said that the group "believe[s] we can negotiate" on provisions that many Tea Party conservatives find troubling, "address them in a substantive way, and get to 'yes' on this bill."

In fact, the amended bill's passage would "throw Obamacare in the dustbin of history."

What happened to get from commercials against it to grabbing that broom for some historical sweeping?

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President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence met with Brandon along with several other heads of Tea Party and conservative groups on Wednesday (as well as some hold-out lawmakers) and apparently put on a convincing performance.

"President Trump tweeted that House Republican leadership's healthcare bill was 'out for review and negotiation.' [Following that w]e had a constructive conversation," Brandon explained.

The Freedomworks president first set out points of agreement and praise.

"The president and we agree that we should repeal and replace Obamacare. There are aspects of the bill we like, such as the expansion of health savings accounts and repeal of most of Obamacare's taxes," he said.

He followed that up with the problems the group has with the bill, then expressed strong confidence that they will be got over and that Obamacare will be repealed using the House bill as a jumping off point.

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"We shared our concerns with the bill [with President Trump]," Brandon said.

The group's ongoing problems shared with the president include "the refundable tax credit, continued enrollment under Medicaid expansion, the likelihood of a 'doc fix' scenario of Medicaid expansion as it winds down in 2020, the continuous coverage language, and remaining regulations in the bill," he warned, but this time he wasn't threatening an ad blitz.

Freedomworks' president finished by effusing, "This is the beginning of the process to repeal and replace Obamacare and move to competitive free-market, patient-centered healthcare."

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