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    The Battle for Obamacare Begins Anew

    Democrats and Republicans are once again fighting over whether to scrap the six-year-old law. This time, however, the stakes are real.
    by Russell Berman Jan 05, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

    After six years of legislative dry runs, the battle over repealing the Affordable Care Act is suddenly getting very real.

    Republicans in the Senate on Wednesday voted to formally set in motion a complicated, multistep process that—they hope—will result in President Donald Trump signing a law in his first weeks in office that would scrap the key parts of President Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement. On both sides of the Capitol, the parties began mobilizing for what will likely be the first pitched policy fight of the Trump presidency.

    As Obama made a personal appeal to Democrats to fight to save his legacy, Vice President-elect Mike Pence rallied Republicans behind repeal and left little doubt that it would be a top priority for the new administration.

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