10 things you need to know today: June 29, 2012

Republicans vow to repeal ObamaCare, Annan is optimistic about Syria, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) answers questions during a press conference on Capitol Hill on June 6: Boehner has vowed to use Republican opposition to the Supreme Court's ObamaCa
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1. REPUBLICANS DECRY HEALTH CARE RULING

After the Supreme Court ruled Thursday to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, Republicans say that they will work to repeal the law, and campaign against the court's decision. "Elections have consequences," House Speak John Boehner (R-Ohio) said at a press conference. "The American people will make that evident." House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) says the Republican-controlled House will vote in July to repeal the law. Repeal efforts are likely to die in the Democratic-controlled Senate; even so, if a bill were passed by both the Senate and the House, President Obama could veto it. [Bloomberg]

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