Republicans Plan to Repeal President's Health Care Law
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 -- 8:28 AM
-House Republicans are planning a vote Wednesday on repealing President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law, even though they know the measure has no chance of winning Senate approval.According to CNN, the vote will be latest in a series of dozens of House GOP efforts to undermine the 2010 Affordable Care Act, including previous votes to repeal the measure or cut funding for various provisions. Even when passed by the House, the measures have mostly died in the Democratic-led Senate.
Wednesday's vote will be the first since last month's Supreme Court ruling that upheld the constitutionality of the act known as Obamacare. Obama and Democrats say the high court ruling should end the political debate over the health care law, rather than revive the Republican repeal effort.
"The Supreme Court has spoken," Obama told a campaign event Friday in Pittsburgh. "The law we passed is here to stay."
But Republicans, led by certain presidential nominee Mitt Romney, call for eliminating the law and starting over on the complex issue that affects every American.
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