House takes first step toward health care repeal

[Valin]

AP/Townhall:

1/7/11

Confronting President Barack Obama, the new Republican-led House took a first step Friday toward a symbolic vote to repeal his landmark health care overhaul law, which would provide coverage to more than 30 million now uninsured.

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The House action set the rules for a debate next week that will culminate in a simple up-or-down vote on repeal, scheduled for Wednesday. The House will also instruct several committees to come up with more modest replacement health care legislation, a process that could take months even if successful.

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"Today we are taking the first step in fulfilling a key promise to the American people," said Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif., who led the GOP side in the debate. "We are setting in motion a process to repeal President Obama's job-killing health care bill and replace it with real solutions."

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[Sanguine]

Republican Reps. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Steve King of Iowa on Wednesday introduced legislation, H.R. 141, to repeal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010” — also known as Obamacare.

 

I'm really liking what I see from Bachmann.