Some U.S. House Republicans doubtful ahead of vote to begin Obamacare repealWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives moved toward a Friday vote to begin dismantling Obamacare despite anxiety among some Republicans they were rushing into a major step without knowing the budget consequences or having a firm idea of how they would replace the healthcare law. The Republican-led Congress, under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to act quickly, made the first move toward scrapping Obamacare on Thursday as the Senate voted to instruct key committees to draft legislation to repeal it. The House plans to vote on the measure on Friday, Speaker Paul Ryan said. Some Republican lawmakers said on Thursday they were not sure how they would vote. “I don’t want to vote for this and say it’s the first step (toward repeal), and find out that there are some long-term budget consequences,” said Republican Representative Mark Amodei.  The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said earlier this month that repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance law in its entirety would cost roughly $350 billion over the next decade. Republicans say a good Obamacare replacement strategy would reduce government spending, but they have not agreed on a consensus plan. Amodei said he was leaning for now toward voting for the Obamacare repeal resolution. But he added that “listening to the scuttlebutt on the floor ... as of right now, my impression is, they (House leadership) don’t have the votes.” The fate of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, is a high-stakes political showdown between Republicans and Democrats that potentially jeopardizes medical coverage for millions of Americans and risks causing chaos in the health insurance marketplace. Democrats accused Republicans of rushing to scrap Obamacare, a law that has enabled up to 20 million previously uninsured Americans to obtain health coverage, without yet having a firm replacement plan. The Democrats say Obamacare has allowed growing numbers of Americans to get medical insurance and helped slow the rise in healthcare spending. Republicans have called Obamacare federal government overreach and have sought to undermine it in Congress and the courts since it was passed by Democratic majorities in the House and Senate in 2010. Trump, the Republican president-elect who takes office on Jan. 20, called Obamacare a “disaster” during his campaign and pledged to repeal and replace it.  Conservative Republicans as well as moderates expressed concern about launching a repeal before there is clarity about how to replace provisions of the complicated and far-reaching law. Representative Mark Meadows, chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which has about 40 members, said they were undecided about how to vote.  Moderate Republican Representative Charlie Dent has “major concerns” about the process, according to a spokesman, fearing a repeal vote at the start diminishes the leverage that may be needed to get some lawmakers to back a replacement later. The resolution passed by the Senate on Thursday instructs committees of the House and Senate to draft repeal legislation by Jan. 27. Both chambers will then need to approve the resulting legislation before any repeal goes into effect. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi vowed to fight. “I think it’s easier to win a fight when something is going to be taken away from you,” Pelosi said in an appearance with elderly Americans who talked about how they had been helped by the law’s provisions, including lower prescription drug costs. Ryan said while Congress would take some replacement steps, the incoming Trump administration would be able to act on its own on some aspects, which he did not detail. Ryan said lawmakers were working on dismantling Obamacare “in sync” with Trump. “We’re not holding hard deadlines, only because we want to get it right,” Ryan said. Trump put new pressure on congressional Republicans on Wednesday when he said Obamacare repeal and replacement should happen “essentially simultaneously.” An influential conservative group, Heritage Action, late on Wednesday pressed lawmakers to back the repeal resolution. Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said the replacement effort would likely tackle drug pricing. politicsNews
some house republicans doubtful ahead vote begin obamacare repealwashington reuters the house representatives moved toward friday vote begin dismantling obamacare despite anxiety among republicans rushing major step without knowing budget consequences firm idea would replace healthcare law the congress pressure donald trump act quickly made first move toward scrapping obamacare thursday senate voted instruct key committees draft legislation repeal the house plans vote measure friday speaker paul ryan said some republican lawmakers said thursday sure would vote i want vote say first step toward repeal find budget consequences said republican representative mark model the nonpartisan committee responsible federal budget said earlier month repealing president barack obama signature health insurance law entirety would cost roughly billion next decade republicans say good obamacare replacement strategy would reduce government spending agreed consensus plan model said leaning toward voting obamacare repeal resolution but added listening scuttlebutt floor right impression house leadership the fate affordable care act popularly known obamacare political showdown republicans democrats potentially jeopardizes medical coverage millions americans risks causing chaos health insurance marketplace democrats accused republicans rushing scrap obamacare law enabled million previously uninsured americans obtain health coverage without yet firm replacement plan the democrats say obamacare allowed growing numbers americans get medical insurance helped slow rise healthcare spending republicans called obamacare federal government overreach sought undermine congress courts since passed democratic majorities house senate trump republican takes office called obamacare disaster campaign pledged repeal replace conservative republicans well moderates expressed concern launching repeal clarity replace provisions complicated law representative mark meadows chairman conservative house freedom caucus members said undecided vote moderate republican representative charlie dent major concerns process according spokesman fearing repeal vote start diminishes leverage may needed get lawmakers back replacement later the resolution passed senate thursday instructs committees house senate draft repeal legislation both chambers need approve resulting legislation repeal goes effect house democratic leader nancy pesos vowed fight i think easier win fight something going taken away pesos said appearance elderly americans talked helped law provisions including lower prescription drug costs ryan said congress would take replacement steps incoming trump administration would able act aspects detail ryan said lawmakers working dismantling obamacare sync trump we holding hard deadlines want get right ryan said trump put new pressure congressional republicans wednesday said obamacare repeal replacement happen essentially an influential conservative group heritage action late wednesday pressed lawmakers back repeal resolution trump senior adviser kellyanne conway said replacement effort would likely tackle drug pricing politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Some U.S. House Republicans doubtful ahead of vote to begin Obamacare repealWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives moved toward a Friday vote to begin dismantling Obamacare despite anxiety among some Republicans they were rushing into a major step without knowing the budget consequences or having a firm idea of how they would replace the healthcare law. The Republican-led Congress, under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to act quickly, made the first move toward scrapping Obamacare on Thursday as the Senate voted to instruct key committees to draft legislation to repeal it. The House plans to vote on the measure on Friday, Speaker Paul Ryan said. Some Republican lawmakers said on Thursday they were not sure how they would vote. “I don’t want to vote for this and say it’s the first step (toward repeal), and find out that there are some long-term budget consequences,” said Republican Representative Mark Amodei.  The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said earlier this month that repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance law in its entirety would cost roughly $350 billion over the next decade. Republicans say a good Obamacare replacement strategy would reduce government spending, but they have not agreed on a consensus plan. Amodei said he was leaning for now toward voting for the Obamacare repeal resolution. But he added that “listening to the scuttlebutt on the floor ... as of right now, my impression is, they (House leadership) don’t have the votes.” The fate of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, is a high-stakes political showdown between Republicans and Democrats that potentially jeopardizes medical coverage for millions of Americans and risks causing chaos in the health insurance marketplace. Democrats accused Republicans of rushing to scrap Obamacare, a law that has enabled up to 20 million previously uninsured Americans to obtain health coverage, without yet having a firm replacement plan. The Democrats say Obamacare has allowed growing numbers of Americans to get medical insurance and helped slow the rise in healthcare spending. Republicans have called Obamacare federal government overreach and have sought to undermine it in Congress and the courts since it was passed by Democratic majorities in the House and Senate in 2010. Trump, the Republican president-elect who takes office on Jan. 20, called Obamacare a “disaster” during his campaign and pledged to repeal and replace it.  Conservative Republicans as well as moderates expressed concern about launching a repeal before there is clarity about how to replace provisions of the complicated and far-reaching law. Representative Mark Meadows, chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which has about 40 members, said they were undecided about how to vote.  Moderate Republican Representative Charlie Dent has “major concerns” about the process, according to a spokesman, fearing a repeal vote at the start diminishes the leverage that may be needed to get some lawmakers to back a replacement later. The resolution passed by the Senate on Thursday instructs committees of the House and Senate to draft repeal legislation by Jan. 27. Both chambers will then need to approve the resulting legislation before any repeal goes into effect. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi vowed to fight. “I think it’s easier to win a fight when something is going to be taken away from you,” Pelosi said in an appearance with elderly Americans who talked about how they had been helped by the law’s provisions, including lower prescription drug costs. Ryan said while Congress would take some replacement steps, the incoming Trump administration would be able to act on its own on some aspects, which he did not detail. Ryan said lawmakers were working on dismantling Obamacare “in sync” with Trump. “We’re not holding hard deadlines, only because we want to get it right,” Ryan said. Trump put new pressure on congressional Republicans on Wednesday when he said Obamacare repeal and replacement should happen “essentially simultaneously.” An influential conservative group, Heritage Action, late on Wednesday pressed lawmakers to back the repeal resolution. Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway said the replacement effort would likely tackle drug pricing. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: some house republicans doubtful ahead vote begin obamacare repealwashington reuters the house representatives moved toward friday vote begin dismantling obamacare despite anxiety among republicans rushing major step without knowing budget consequences firm idea would replace healthcare law the congress pressure donald trump act quickly made first move toward scrapping obamacare thursday senate voted instruct key committees draft legislation repeal the house plans vote measure friday speaker paul ryan said some republican lawmakers said thursday sure would vote i want vote say first step toward repeal find budget consequences said republican representative mark model the nonpartisan committee responsible federal budget said earlier month repealing president barack obama signature health insurance law entirety would cost roughly billion next decade republicans say good obamacare replacement strategy would reduce government spending agreed consensus plan model said leaning toward voting obamacare repeal resolution but added listening scuttlebutt floor right impression house leadership the fate affordable care act popularly known obamacare political showdown republicans democrats potentially jeopardizes medical coverage millions americans risks causing chaos health insurance marketplace democrats accused republicans rushing scrap obamacare law enabled million previously uninsured americans obtain health coverage without yet firm replacement plan the democrats say obamacare allowed growing numbers americans get medical insurance helped slow rise healthcare spending republicans called obamacare federal government overreach sought undermine congress courts since passed democratic majorities house senate trump republican takes office called obamacare disaster campaign pledged repeal replace conservative republicans well moderates expressed concern launching repeal clarity replace provisions complicated law representative mark meadows chairman conservative house freedom caucus members said undecided vote moderate republican representative charlie dent major concerns process according spokesman fearing repeal vote start diminishes leverage may needed get lawmakers back replacement later the resolution passed senate thursday instructs committees house senate draft repeal legislation both chambers need approve resulting legislation repeal goes effect house democratic leader nancy pesos vowed fight i think easier win fight something going taken away pesos said appearance elderly americans talked helped law provisions including lower prescription drug costs ryan said congress would take replacement steps incoming trump administration would able act aspects detail ryan said lawmakers working dismantling obamacare sync trump we holding hard deadlines want get right ryan said trump put new pressure congressional republicans wednesday said obamacare repeal replacement happen essentially an influential conservative group heritage action late wednesday pressed lawmakers back repeal resolution trump senior adviser kellyanne conway said replacement effort would likely tackle drug pricing politicsnews