Health care repeal vote to open a political year in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been like a long-delayed New Year's resolution for Republicans. But 2016 will finally be the year when they put legislation on President Barack Obama's desk repealing his health care law. The bill undoing the president's signature initiative will be the first order of business when the House of Representatives reconvenes Monday, marking a sharply partisan start on Capitol Hill to a congressional session in which legislating may take a back seat to election-year politics.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been like a long-delayed New Year's resolution for Republicans. But 2016 will finally be the year when they put legislation on President Barack Obama's desk repealing his health care law. The bill undoing the president's signature initiative will be the first order of business when the House of Representatives reconvenes Monday, marking a sharply partisan start on Capitol Hill to a congressional session in which legislating may take a back seat to election-year politics.…