Senate to vote for PPACA repeal this week

Senate Republicans are planning to forge ahead on a bid to repeal chunks of ObamaCare & partially defund Planned Parenthood through the use of a rare fast-track tactic, Fox News source has discovered.

Thursday, December 3: The House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel will hold a hearing titled “Stakeholder Views on Military Health Care”.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ken., is setting up votes on the bill for later this week amid indications he will have the necessary support. Any truly conspiracy-minded right-wing “outsider”, however, will understand that congressional Republicans got their act together to “repeal Obamacare” only in the sure knowledge they would be blocked by a presidential veto.So this gesture could prove to be empty politically as well as substantively.

Several senators may vote no since it exclusively repeals elements of the Reasonably priced Care Act.

If the Senate adds Medicaid expansion repeal to the bill, it would have to go back to the House for another passage before being sent to President Obama, who is certain to veto it. Republicans view the bill as a way to express their dislike of the healthcare law heading into the 2016 elections. The first is that this reconciliation bill is a dry run for what Republicans will do if they win the presidency and hold onto control of Congress next year.

“Enough of this haranguing about Obamacare”, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said. That would allow Republicans to argue that the bill creates a two-year bridge until the next president takes office and can offer a replacement health care plan. But even getting to 51 votes has been tricky for the GOP. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, both Republican presidential candidates, as well as Sen. Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mark Kirk of IL and Susan Collins of ME had previously voiced distaste for the inclusion of the Planned Parenthood defunding in the bill.

Democrats said they might offer amendments that, while doomed, could provide fodder for campaign ads next year.