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(Joshua Roberts – BLOOMBERG NEWS)
Congress will return to Washington after a week-long recess and plans to work through July on a series of measures never expected to earn President Obama’s signature. And that’s just how the two political parties want it.

House Republicans plan to start by once again voting to repeal Obama’s health-care legislation, another opportunity to remind voters about the unpopular law. Senate Democrats plan to hold a test vote on a bill that would give small businesses tax breaks for boosting payrolls, the opening salvo in a long-anticipated election-season fight over which party’s tax cut plan is more likely to help spur job creation.

Here’s a quick look at what to expect this week:

1) “Obamacare” repeal: The repeal vote is one of more than 30 held in the past two years to strip away all or parts of the reforms, according to the Associated Press. The vote will make good on a promise by House GOP leaders to try to repeal the law if the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it.

In hopes of shifting focus away from the unpopular reform package, House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) plans to push GOP leaders Monday to vote instead on his “Make It

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