House Speaker John Boehner recently laid out his vision for the upcoming session, vowing to make the “people’s House” more transparent. His first order of business will be passing a new set of rules for the legislative chamber.

And in a move to satisfy the leanings of the Tea Party movement, which propelled the GOP to its historic takeover of the House, the Constitution will be read aloud on the House floor on the second day of the new session. In addition, all new bills must meet a constitutional test.

And the first significant legislative item Boehner wants to tackle? President Barack Obama’s health care reform law.

GOP leaders unveiled legislation Tuesday that would repeal the law. Republicans, according to House GOP sources, plan a key procedural vote on Friday and a final vote next Wednesday.

Many argue the repeal legislation is more symbolic than anything else. While it may pass the GOP-dominated House, its future in the Senate is uncertain. Democrats are still in the majority after all — and if it gets passed the Senate, Obama can veto the legislation.

Republicans might control the House, but they don’t have the two-thirds it would take to override a presidential veto.

But they might take another route — cutting off funding to the law or changing parts of it.

Republicans are adamant the law is hurting jobs — something that is topic No. 1 for them and a majority of Americans demanding change.

“Obamacare is a job killer for businesses small and large, and the top priority for House Republicans is going to be to cut spending and grow the economy and jobs,” said Brad Dayspring, spokesman for newly minted House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia.

Fifty-four percent of Americans oppose the new health care law, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released December 27. Forty-three percent support the measure.

Only 37 percent, though, oppose the law because they believe it is too liberal. More than six in 10 Americans support specific provisions in the measure preventing insurance companies from dropping coverage for seriously ill people or denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.

Spending

Boehner has stressed that commitment to spending cuts will be a major issue. He pledged one of the first votes will be to cut his chamber’s budget by 5 percent, which GOP aides say will save $25 billion.

Boehner also said the House GOP will roll back federal spending to 2008 levels, and he has promised weekly votes on spending cuts. When pressed for specific programs that would be cut, he declined to name any.