A Republican effort in the House of Representatives to repeal parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is facing resistance from a portion of the party which is being pressured to oppose anything less than full repeal of the law.
Heritage Action for America, a campaign group affiliated with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, is telling Republicans that they should not support a bill that aims to kill key funding mechanisms of the PPACA, including the employer mandate, the individual mandate and the Cadillac Tax.
While House Republicans have voted numerous times to repeal the PPACA entirely, they are focusing on these provisions because they believe they can get them past a Democratic filibuster in the Senate by using a legislative tool called reconciliation, which is designed only for legislation affecting the budget.
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