Next steps for Obamacare repeal

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Congressional committees tasked with creating legislation to gut Obamacare are planning their next steps.

A budget resolution that started the repeal process gave four Senate and House panels until Friday to put together legislation that can gut Obamacare via reconciliation, which allows bills to be passed via a 51-vote majority. However, the Jan. 27 deadline is not binding, and some Republican senators have said that date is the earliest legislation could be ready.

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