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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

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 Ho…

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