Vote to repeal Obama’s health law marks testy start to 2016

Vote to repeal Obama’s health law marks testy start to 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is poised to send a bill to President Barack Obama's desk repealing his signature health care law, a sharply partisan start to a presidential election year in which legislating may take a back seat to politics on Capitol Hill.

The legislation will be the first order of business when the House reconvenes later this week. After dozens ofrepeal votes in the House and Senate, it will mark the first time a bill repealing the health law makes it all the way to the White House.

Bill Clinton steps into New Hampshire campaign
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Bill Clinton steps into New Hampshire campaign

NBP Staff

NASHUA, N.H. – Bill Clinton made his first campaign appearances of 2016 on behalf of his wife, Hillary, and immediately provided fodder for wags across the Atlantic, who focused on some young women standing behind him rolling their eyes, frowning and grimacing as he delivered his remarks at a community college.

"A young woman standing in the back against a Hillary 'Fighting for us' backdrop closed her eyes for significant stretches of time as TV cameras rolled and a girl in front of her scowled and fought off a yawn," London's Daily Mail reported online, describing the former president a "famous political Lothario."

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