The health care law, entitlement programs, new limits on emissions of greenhouse gases from oil refineries and power plants, and other legislation that Republicans say cannot be justified by a strict interpretation of the Constitution -- a document the new leaders plan to read on the House floor on Thursday -- are all in the cross hairs.
That law abolished entitlements for cash assistance for poor families, replacing them with block grants to states and new work requirements.
Women disproportionately suffer as it demolishes social welfare, equality laws, childcare entitlements, other progressive ideas and policies.
Free speech within the law is their entitlement.
They think of a lot of these laws as racial entitlements".
The law abolished that entitlement, but major provisions of the statute expire on Sept. 30 unless reauthorized by Congress.
An entitlement law later provided lifetime medical care and a tax-free lump sum of $150,000 to those made sick by their work.
Representative Howard P. McKeon of California, the ranking Republican on the House education committee, said the law created new entitlement programs, like forgiveness of student loans, that would ultimately drive up taxes.
Like all legislation, from laws creating new entitlements to those cutting taxes, the Affordable Care Act comes with real costs and trade-offs.
After the bill became law and the entitlement was put in place in 2001, McConnell and his wife, Elaine Chao, who was President George W. Bush's labor secretary at the time, flew to Paducah and awarded the first $150,000 check and a folded American flag to Harding's widow.
