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Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, center, speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Blum is reassuring Iowans fearful of losing health coverage that the House GOP bill is just a “tweak of Obamacare,” after campaigning on repealing the health care law _ and voting last week to gut it. The second-term Blum says “only about 10 percent of Obamacare was changed with this bill,” referring to the measure narrowly passed in the GOP-controlled House last week. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Marcia Kupka, of Clutier, Iowa, asks Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, a question during a town hall meeting, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Blum is reassuring Iowans fearful of losing health coverage that the House GOP bill is just a “tweak of Obamacare,” after campaigning on repealing the health care law — and voting last week to gut it. The second-term Blum says “only about 10 percent of Obamacare was changed with this bill,” referring to the measure narrowly passed in the GOP-controlled House last week. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Blum is reassuring Iowans fearful of losing health coverage that the House GOP bill is just a “tweak of Obamacare,” after campaigning on repealing the health care law _ and voting last week to gut it. The second-term Blum says “only about 10 percent of Obamacare was changed with this bill,” referring to the measure narrowly passed in the GOP-controlled House last week. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, May 11, 2017, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Blum is reassuring Iowans fearful of losing health coverage that the House GOP bill is just a “tweak of Obamacare,” after campaigning on repealing the health care law _ and voting last week to gut it. The second-term Blum says “only about 10 percent of Obamacare was changed with this bill,” referring to the measure narrowly passed in the GOP-controlled House last week. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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In this Monday, May 8, 2017, image made from a video by KCRG, U.S. Rep. Rod Blum walks out of a televised interview with reporter Josh Scheinblum, left, in front of a group of schoolchildren in Dubuque, Iowa, when pressed about screening attendees to his public meetings. The second-term Republican and member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus later said he had been "ambushed" by the television news reporter who was questioning him. (KCRG via AP)

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In this Monday, May 8, 2017, image made from a video by KCRG, U.S. Rep. Rod Blum walks out of a televised interview with reporter Josh Scheinblum, left, in front of a group of schoolchildren in Dubuque, Iowa, when pressed about screening attendees to his public meetings. The second-term Republican and member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus later said he had been "ambushed" by the television news reporter who was questioning him. (KCRG via AP)

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In this Monday, May 8, 2017 image made from a video by KCRG, U.S. Rep. Rod Blum, center, walks out of a televised interview with Josh Scheinblum in front of a group of schoolchildren in Dubuque, Iowa, when pressed about screening attendees to his public meetings. The second-term Republican and member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus later said he had been "ambushed" by the television news reporter who was questioning him. (KCRG via AP)

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a potential 2016 presidential candidate, speaks during a public rally at U.S. House candidate Rod Blum's campaign office on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Jessica Reilly) ** FILE **

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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at a campaign event for Republican businessman Rod Blum, who is running against Democratic state lawmaker Pat Murphy in the 1st Congressional District, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, on the University of Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls, Iowa. (AP Photo/Waterloo Courier, Matthew Putney)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, speaks to local residents while campaigning for 1st Congressional District candidate Rod Blum, right, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**