WASHINGTON -- Sen Jim DeMint, R-S.C., intends to introduce a bill next week that his spokesman says is "identical" to House-passed legislation that repeals the new health care law.Majority Republicans in the House stood unified for the 245-189 vote Wednesday to turn back the $1 trillion, 10-year package that supporters say is vital to extending insurance coverage to 30 million uninsured Americans. Opponents call the law a stinker that will break the bank while limiting access to doctors and treatment.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has vowed to prevent a repeal vote in the Senate. And if it ever did make it out of that chamber, the White House has signaled it would veto any attempt to overturn President Obama's signature legislative accomplishment.
We expect it to die in the Senate. All the Republicans need to do is bring it to a vote. The law is already vastly unpopular and any dhimocrat that votes to keep it that is already treading on thin ice with his constituents will be in deep doo-doo in 2012.