House Freedom Caucus files petition for Obamacare ‘clean repeal’

Published August 11, 2017 1:12pm ET



The House Freedom Caucus on Friday filed a petition aimed at allowing lawmakers to vote on a “clean” Obamacare repeal bill that Congress passed in 2015.

If the so-called discharge petition receives 218 signatures, a simple majority in the House, it would remove the bill from committee and force a floor vote on the second or fourth Monday of the month. Sponsors are hoping the signatures are in place by September.

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