“As the White House noted, it is important for Congress to get back to work, and to that end we will resume thoughtful consideration of the health care bill next week,” said Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). “Americans have legitimate concerns about the cost of the new health care law and its effect on the ability to grow jobs in our country. It is our expectation that the debate will continue to focus on those substantive policy differences surrounding the new law.”
The GOP is planning a two-day debate beginning Tuesday evening and ending Wednesday evening with a vote that will likely send the bill to the Senate, where it is unlikely to see the light of day.
On Thursday, Republicans are planning to bring up a bill that would instruct committees to draft replacement bills. Republicans, with the help of four Democrats, have already cleared the main procedural hurdle to bring the bill up for a final vote.
Republicans plan to release the rest of the official schedule next week, but the new movement on the health care repeal is the first sign that the politics and policy are back on the agenda a week after the mass shooting in Arizona that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in critical condition.
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