A spokesman for Eric Cantor said the House will resume 'thoughtful consideration' of the law. Health law repeal on Tuesday agenda

The House will try to get back to normal next week, with the chamber coming back into session on Tuesday to reignite debate over repealing the health care reform law.

“As the White House noted, it is important for Congress to get back to work, and to that end we will resume thoughtful consideration of the health care bill next week,” said Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). “Americans have legitimate concerns about the cost of the new health care law and its effect on the ability to grow jobs in our country. It is our expectation that the debate will continue to focus on those substantive policy differences surrounding the new law.”


The GOP is planning a two-day debate beginning Tuesday evening and ending Wednesday evening, with a vote that will most likely send the bill to the Senate, where it is unlikely to see the light of day.

On Thursday, Republicans are planning to bring up a bill that would instruct committees to draft replacement bills. Republicans, with the help of four Democrats, have already cleared the main procedural hurdle to bring the bill up for a final vote.

Republicans plan to release the rest of the official schedule next week, but the new movement on the health care repeal is the first sign that the politics and policy are back on the agenda a week after the shootings in Arizona that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in critical condition.

Indeed, the White House is signaling similar intentions in moving ahead with its agenda.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday during his press briefing that “everybody in the country has had some time to reflect on this.” The Obama administration has a series of meetings — and state dinner — with Chinese President Hu Jintao next week.

“And I think all those that were — remember, they were there to, again, see the exercising of the way we govern our country, and I think that while we will continue to celebrate the lives of those that were lost and hope for and pray for the speedy recovery of those that were injured or some that are and some that aren’t in the hospital, I think you’ll see — because they would have wanted that — us getting back to the business of, again, how do we solve those problems and how do we do it in a way that lives up to the thoughts and the aspirations of those that were involved in the tragic events,” Gibbs said.

Republicans are heading to Baltimore until Saturday for their annual retreat.