Senate starts Obamacare repeal efforts

Published January 3, 2017 6:31pm ET



A Republican senator on Tuesday introduced the first step toward repealing Obamacare.

Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming introduced a resolution that includes instructions for how committees can draft legislation that can be approved via a simple majority in the Senate as opposed to the 60 votes needed for a filibuster, under a procedural tool called budget reconciliation.

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