Senate Republicans’ repeal effort is demonstrating why a full repeal of the law is likely impossible. Because while reconciliation allows a bill to pass the Senate with a simple majority, there are limits to the type of bills that can be moved under the procedure, and a full repeal falls outside of that scope.
Instead, even Senate Republicans concede that the full repeal measure would have to pass through a more conventional process—including overcoming a filibuster.
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