Republican Party tries for health reform repeal

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Republicans are continuing to telegraph their opposition to health care reform by filing another petition that would force the House to vote on repealing the legislation.

Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.) filed a discharge petition Tuesday that would get rid of the Democrats’ health care reform and replace it with a Republican alternative.

His push follows Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) petition to simply repeal the reform without replacing it with new legislation.

The petition would force a vote to the floor without having the measure go through committee. But it’s merely symbolic because Republicans don’t have enough seats to force a vote. Republicans have also been going after funding for health care reform, seeing that as another way to weaken the new laws.

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