'It just keeps getting worse,' Cantor tweeted. Cantor sets health repeal vote

The House will vote next week on a full repeal of the health law.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor just tweeted: “It just keeps getting worse. I am scheduling a vote for next week on the full repeal of #Obamacare.”


It will be the first vote against all or part of the law this year. The House had voted more than 30 times on repealing all or parts of the law since it passed in March 2010, but many members — especially first-year lawmakers — were pushing leadership to get a vote on the record in 2013.

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Some conservatives are pushing for a more assertive stance against the health law in the final months before the big coverage provisions go into effect. Even some Democrats are worried about a bumpy start, which Republicans would like to highlight in the 2014 congressional elections.

This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 12:10 p.m. on May 8, 2013.

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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this report incorrectly stated when the Affordable Care Act passed. It passed in March 2010.

CORRECTION: Corrected by: Bridget Mulcahy @ 05/08/2013 01:14 PM CORRECTION: An earlier version of this report incorrectly stated when the Affordable Care Act passed. It passed in March 2010.