The GOP’s Feigned Struggle to Repeal Biden’s Signature Achievement
When Republicans took the House majority in 2011, it took them barely a month to hold the first of what would be several dozen symbolic votes repealing the Affordable Care Act. Six years later, Republicans went all-in on repealing the Obama administration’s landmark health-care law immediately after taking full power in Washington.
If past were prologue, upon taking the House in January, Republicans might have been expected to swiftly set their sights on President Joe Biden’s marquee legislative achievement: the sprawling Inflation Reduction Act, which passed last year.
Instead, for most Republicans, the past seems to be something else: a cautionary tale.