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GOP's Timeline For Getting Repeal To Trump May Be Ambitious
Republicans in Congress are so eager to 
repeal the federal health law that some have vowed to get a bill to President-elect Donald Trump’s desk on the day he takes the oath of office. “We will move right after the first of the year on an Obamacare repeal resolution,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters at a news conference Monday.
But could lawmakers introduce, pass and get a repeal measure to the new president in the 17 days between Jan. 3, when they convene, and Inauguration Day, Jan. 20? Not likely, say budget experts. “No way. I just don’t think it’s possible,” said G. William Hoagland, senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington-based think tank, and a 20-year Republican staff veteran of the Senate Budget Committee. Others think it could be done, but probably won’t be. “Mechanically they can get it done,” said Ed Lorenzen, senior adviser to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. “The bigger question is can they decide what should be in the package.”
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