Tuesday, for the fourth time, the U.S. House will vote to fully repeal Obamacare. What’s different, though, is that with a GOP-controlled Senate, Republicans can attack President Obama’s signature legislation on their own terms.
The showdown over the Affordable Care Act comes as conservatives want GOP leaders to fulfill a campaign promise to repeal the health-care law in the early days of the new Congress.
The way they want to do it hinges on a political tactic known as reconciliation. By using this budget maneuver, conservatives believe it’s possible to avoid a Senate filibuster. They say it’s their best chance to send a repeal bill to Obama, which he’s promised to veto.
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