WASHINGTON (MCT) — Congressional Republicans, who once promised to “repeal and replace” President Barack Obama’s health care law, for now have all but given up pushing alternatives to the sweeping legislation the president signed in 2010.

In the last year and a half, House Republicans have sent the Senate just one 36-page bill designed to limit medical malpractice lawsuits, despite pledging to develop detailed legislation to slow rising health care costs, help Americans keep their health plans and broaden access to insurance.