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Debate on Repeal of the ACA’s 30-Hour Rule Continues in Congress

The House passed legislation this week that would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by a vote of 239 to 186.  The vote was decided almost entirely on party lines with no Democrats supporting it. The vote was the first repeal vote for the new Congress; however, even if the bill made it to the president’s desk, he has indicated that he would veto the bill.  The plans for a repeal vote in the Senate remain uncertain.  They may take up bipartisan legislation that replaces the ACA’s definition of a full-time employee at 30 hours-per-week with the more traditional definition of 40 hours-per-week, which passed the House earlier this year. AGC supports changing the definition of a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate from 30 hours-per-week to the more traditional 40-hour work week. AGC urges members to use the Legislative Action Center to send a letter of support to their Senators. For more information, please contact Jim Young at (202) 547-0133 or youngj@agc.org