Posted on 01/03/2011 2:21:56 PM PST by Sub-Driver
House GOP to vote on health repeal next week By: Carrie Budoff Brown January 3, 2011 05:02 PM EST
House Republicans will vote next week to repeal the new health care law, making good on a top-tier GOP campaign promise and setting up a showdown with President Barack Obama over his signature domestic policy achievement.
Majority Leader-elect Eric Cantor announced the timeline for considering the repeal legislation Monday: the bill will post on the Rules Committee website Monday night, the Rules Committee will meet Thursday, and the rule for the debate will be considered on the House floor Friday. The repeal vote will follow on Wednesday, Jan 12.
"Obamacare is a job killer for businesses small and large, and the top priority for House Republicans is going to be to cut spending and grow the economy and jobs,” Cantor spokesman Brad Dayspring said in a statement. “Further, ObamaCare failed to lower costs as the president promised that it would and does not allow people to keep the care they currently have if they like it. That is why the House will repeal it next week.”
The repeal effort is not expected to succeed, given that Democrats maintain control of the Senate and the president can veto the legislation. But Republicans could embarrass the White House if they convince a number of Democrats to vote with them, and over the long term, plan to try to chip away at pieces of the law.
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if this is a ‘feint’, half-hearted effort, with democraps playing along knowing it will not pass... I am going to go start buying torches and pitchforks and stocking up...
OMG that would be too funny
Then re-district Louise Slaughter out of her job... (the witch who invented it)
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