U.S. House schedules vote to repeal Obamacare

The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote on January 12 to repeal the health care reform law which didn't include provisions to prevent tax-dollars from being use to pay for abortions. At this point, the bill is unlikely to pass the U.S. Senate.

According to Cantor's office, the immediate chronology began Monday when the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act" was posted on the website of the House Rules Committee, which will be followed by a meeting Thursday of the House Rules Committee. On Friday the rule for the debate will be considered on the House floor, followed by the actual repeal vote January 12. A separate resolution will initiate the "replace" portion of the promise.

With 242 Republican votes, repeal in the House is assured. That, of course, is only phase One--Democrats still control the Senate and an Obama veto would provide the backstop for supporters-- but it is an important substantive and symbolic first step.

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