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Politico…
Health care reform
law back on House agenda for Tuesday
By Jake Sherman
Jan. 13, 2011 - The House will try to get back to normal next week,
with the chamber coming back into session on Tuesday to reignite debate
over repealing the health care reform law.
“As the White House noted, it is important for Congress to get back to
work, and to that end we will resume thoughtful consideration of the
health care bill next week,” said Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). “Americans have legitimate
concerns about the cost of the new health care law and its effect on
the ability to grow jobs in our country. It is our expectation that the
debate will continue to focus on those substantive policy differences
surrounding the new law.”
The GOP is planning a two-day debate beginning Tuesday evening and
ending Wednesday evening, with a vote that will most likely send the
bill to the Senate, where it is unlikely to see the light of day.
On Thursday, Republicans are planning to bring up a bill that would
instruct committees to draft replacement bills. Republicans, with the
help of four Democrats, have already cleared the main procedural hurdle
to bring the bill up for a final vote.
Republicans plan to release the rest of the official schedule next
week, but the new movement on the health care repeal is the first sign
that the politics and policy are back on the agenda a week after the
shootings in Arizona that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in
critical condition.
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