15 March 2017 - The House Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare will face its first real test Thursday as it comes before the House Budget Committee, where conservative Republicans who have declared the bill a failure could cast their votes to derail it.

Virginia Rep. Dave Brat has already committed to voting against the legislation.

“I’m a no tomorrow because President Trump wants competition across state lines and the price of insurance to come down,” Brat told USA Today on Wednesday. The House bill does not include provisions to allow cross-state competition because Republican leaders are trying to use a streamlined process that allows the bill to pass without Democratic votes in the Senate, but must be restricted to budgetary items.

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