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In OctoberThe Weekly Standard reported the site was violating the copyrights of SpryMedia, a UK-based technology company, by utilizing their software with the copyright notices removed. The technical problems were heavily criticized, and Republican representatives sent President Obama a list of questions, demanding explanations for what went wrong.

Some Republicans called for the Secretary of Health and Human ServicesKathleen Sebeliusto be fired, because she oversaw the planning for the site launch. American conservative commentators such as National Review writers Jonah Goldberg and Mark Steyn have argued that the website's launch was a disaster that presages larger problems throughout the entire law, with Goldberg asserting that "the Republicans who insisted that this monstrosity had to be delayed are looking just a little bit more reasonable with every passing tick.

Speaker of the House John Boehnera Republican Representative from Ohio, told reporters that throughout November "more Americans are going to lose their health care than are going to sign up.

He also added that it seemed highly likely that most Ohioans would pay more on the HealthCare. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear counter-argued that while the website didn't work well yet that it soon would since HealthCare. He jokingly challenged her to an online race: "I'm going to try and download every movie ever made, and you're going to try to sign up for Obamacare, and we'll see which happens first.

Sebelius later said in response to criticism, "The majority of people calling for me to resign I would say are people who I don't work for and who do not want this program to work in the first place".

She also said, "I have had frequent conversations with the President and I have committed to him that my role is to get the program up and running, and we will do just that. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosia Democratic Representative from California, commented about the controversy that she feels optimistic about things being fixed, saying "I have faith in technology" as well as "while there are glitches, there are solutions, as well.