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Burr-Hamilton? Angry lawmaker singles out ‘female senators’

FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Farenthold says it’s “absolutely repugnant” that the GOP-led Senate hasn’t acted on repealing the health care law and he singled out “some female senators from the Northeast.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Farenthold says it’s “absolutely repugnant” that the GOP-led Senate hasn’t acted on repealing the health care law and he singled out “some female senators from the Northeast.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) – Passions are running high on Capitol Hill – but pistols at 10 paces over health care?

GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas is angry with some fellow Republicans in the Senate who are balking at parts of legislation to overturn “Obamacare.” After GOP promises to repeal the law, that “is just repugnant to me,” he says.

Who’s to blame?

“Some of the people that are opposed to this, there are some female senators from the Northeast,” Farenthold said.

And it’s a good thing they’re women, according to the congressman from Corpus Christi.