Republicans Eye Quick Obamacare Repeal If Party Wins White House
- Budget could tee up repeal vote just days after inauguration
- Strategy could be `pretty powerful,' Senator Cornyn says
A demonstrator in support of President Barack Obama's health-care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), holds up a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2015.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergRepublicans in Congress are exploring a way to enact a repeal of Obamacare and other parts of their agenda soon after a new Republican president takes the oath of office in 2017.
Several Republicans said they’re discussing the possibility of adopting a budget this year that would let the next president’s agenda -- including top goals like repealing Obamacare -- bypass a Democratic filibuster at the very start of the year. Republicans used a similar move early this year to send a bill repealing much of Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood to President Barack Obama, who vetoed it.