The Path to Repeal Obamacare With Just 51 Votes

Melissa Quinn / July 29, 2015

After vowing to repeal and replace Obamacare during the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans officially took control of Congress in January.

Republicans have several procedural tools at their disposal to roll back Obamacare. Many have called on leadership to use a budget tool known as reconciliation to do just that.

Reconciliation gives the GOP the power to get rid of the health care law with just a simple majority, 51 votes.

Here’s the path congressional Republicans have taken to repeal Obamacare with a simple majority.