Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts

Monday, March 6, 2017

Obamacare Repeal Is on the Way

As soon as the newly-elected Congress was gaveled to order in January, both houses got to work on the long-promised effort to “repeal and replace” the failed legislation known as Obamacare. The Senate, with its more cumbersome rules, began 50 hours of debate on a budget resolution that will eventually repeal much of the law by reconciliation, which requires only a simple majority of 51 Senators.