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February 2, 2011

Senate Republicans Advocate Healthcare Repeal 
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Senate Republicans are pushing for a vote as early as today to repeal
the healthcare bill passed last year. The vote is largely symbolic as
the Republicans do not have enough votes to overturn the law. Meanwhile,
the health bill law is coming under increasing attack on the state level
after a federal judge ruled the law to be unconstitutional. Wisconsin's
attorney general, J.B. Van Hollen, a Republican, issued a statement
Tuesday saying, "For Wisconsin, the federal health care law is
dead—unless and until it is revived by an appellate court." He
went on to say, "Wisconsin was relieved of any obligations or duties
that were created under terms of the federal health care law." Officials
in Idaho and Florida have also said the judge's ruling gives them the
freedom to stop the work they have begun to put the law into effect. But
other states, including Georgia, Iowa and Mississippi, have expressed
disagreement over the impact of the ruling.



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