Republicans May Try Reconciliation for Health Repeal in 2013
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Should they win control of the U.S. Senate and the White House in November, Republicans say they would consider using a fast-track budget process to repeal parts of President Barack Obama’s 2010 health-care overhaul.
“In the House we are prepared to do that and I’m sure if you speak to my colleagues in the Senate they are as well,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican, said today in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “This is a big deal for the American people. Health care is one of the most personal decisions that families make, that’s what at stake here.”