(Bloomberg) — A Republican U.S. senator who said earlier he opposed his party's House bill to repeal the core provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is now "strongly leaning" toward supporting the Senate version of the measure.
Such a decision by Senator Mike Lee of Utah would increase the chances that the Republican-controlled Congress can send a partial repeal of PPACA to President Barack Obama for the first time.
The president has said he would veto legislation that would destroy much of his signature domestic achievement, and Democrats in Congress would be able to block an override.
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