House passes budget to begin Obamacare repeal

The House passed a 2017 budget Friday that lays the groundwork for dismantling Obamacare, brushing aside intra-GOP anxiety and defiant Democrats to launch the repeal-and-replace strategy staked out by President-elect Donald Trump. Nine Republicans balked at the politically thorny plan – the budget doesn’t balance, and the party hasn’t coalesced around a health bill of its…