House GOP Plans Another Vote To Repeal Obamacare

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 27: Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, conducts a news conference after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol, January 27, 2015. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.... UNITED STATES - JANUARY 27: Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, conducts a news conference after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol, January 27, 2015. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, and Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., also appear. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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The Republican-led House is planning to vote next week to fully repeal Obamacare, a GOP leadership said on Wednesday.

It will be the fourth House vote to repeal the law in its entirety, and the latest in more than 50 votes aimed at dismantling President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.

The House last voted to wipe out Obamacare in May 2013, after GOP freshmen complained that they had not had the chance to vote to repeal the law yet.

The upcoming vote is likely to succeed in the House and face a filibuster in the Senate and a veto threat from Obama. It appears to be an attempt to help more than three-dozen newly elected House Republicans win points with their base.

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