By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Eager to show who’s now in charge, the House’s new Republican majority plans to vote to repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul before he even shows up in their chamber to give his State of the Union address.
Though full repeal is a longshot – the House vote would be just the first, easiest step – they’ll follow up with dozens of attempts to hack away at what they derisively call “Obamacare.”
The strategy is not risk-free for the Republicans, who won’t have a replacement plan of their own ready by the time of the repeal vote. But they say there’s no time to lose.