(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House adopted a budget plan that would allow congressional Republicans to bypass Democrats and send President Barack Obama a bill to repeal his landmark health care law.
The House adopted the budget measure 226-197 Thursday, and the Senate plans to vote on it next week. It would enable Congress to pass Obamacare legislation later as a separate proposal. The president has said repeatedly that he would veto any proposal to gut or repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
The budget proposal spells out the Republican Party’s priorities by calling for $5.3 trillion in spending cuts to reach balance in nine years. Most of the reductions, $4.1 trillion, would come from programs including entitlements like Medicare. The plan would use a reserve fund to increase military spending.
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