GOP 'Pledge': We'll Repeal Health Care Law

House Republicans roll out their manifesto tomorrow
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 22, 2010 5:44 PM CDT
GOP 'Pledge': We'll Repeal Health Care Law
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference with Republican leaders Sept. 15, 2010, on Capitol Hill.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House Republicans will head to a hardware store in Virginia tomorrow to unveil their Pledge to America, billed as a comprehensive set of reforms along the lines of Newt Gingrich's Contract With America in 1994. Democrats already say it's the same-old, same-old. Politico and the Wall Street Journal hit some highlights:

  • To "repeal and replace" the health care reform law, though popular parts such as making it illegal to deny coverage over pre-existing conditions would stay.
  • Prevent all of the Bush tax cuts from expiring.

  • Freeze most hiring for the federal government.
  • Give small businesses a tax break equal to 20% of their business income.
  • Have weekly votes on the House floor to pick winners in the "YouCut" program, in which people make suggestions online.
  • Cancel the spending of all remaining stimulus funds.
  • Sample language: "Like free peoples of the past, our citizens refuse to accommodate a government that believes it can replace the will of the people with its own."
(More House Republicans stories.)

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