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Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law
Associated Press
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
2 hrs ago
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., predicted it will be "a matter of time" before the law is finally overturned.
"We have now shown that there is a clear path to repealing Obamacare without 60 votes in the Senate," Ryan said. "So, next year, if we're sending this bill to a Republican president, it will get signed into law. Obamacare will be gone. ... It's just a matter of time."
The bill would also cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
The Senate passed the measure last year under special rules that protected it from a Democratic filibuster, which takes at least 60 votes to cut off. The House passed it this week.
For maximum visibility, Republican leaders made the legislation their first major vote of 2016. Although they don't have the votes to actually override Obama's veto, they had hoped to schedule an override vote to coincide with the Jan. 22 March for Life in Washington, an annual commemoration of the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
But the House on Friday approved by voice vote a motion by Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., to delay consideration of Obama's veto until Jan. 26. It's the first full session for the House following the March for Life.
"We will hold a vote to override this veto, taking this process all the way to the end under the Constitution," Ryan said Friday.
The bill would dismantle the health law's key pillars, including requirements that most people obtain coverage and that larger employers offer it to workers.
It would eliminate the expansion of Medicaid to cover more lower-income people and the government's subsidies for many who buy policies on newly created insurance marketplaces. It would also end taxes the law imposed to cover its costs.
More than 16 million people have gained health coverage since the law was enacted, according to government figures. They could risk losing it under the GOP approach. Republicans argue the health law has driven up costs and hurt consumers, and they promise "patient-centered" solutions in its place.
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Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law
Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law
Associated Press
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press
2 hrs ago
...
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., predicted it will be "a matter of time" before the law is finally overturned.
"We have now shown that there is a clear path to repealing Obamacare without 60 votes in the Senate," Ryan said. "So, next year, if we're sending this bill to a Republican president, it will get signed into law. Obamacare will be gone. ... It's just a matter of time."
The bill would also cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
The Senate passed the measure last year under special rules that protected it from a Democratic filibuster, which takes at least 60 votes to cut off. The House passed it this week.
For maximum visibility, Republican leaders made the legislation their first major vote of 2016. Although they don't have the votes to actually override Obama's veto, they had hoped to schedule an override vote to coincide with the Jan. 22 March for Life in Washington, an annual commemoration of the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
But the House on Friday approved by voice vote a motion by Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., to delay consideration of Obama's veto until Jan. 26. It's the first full session for the House following the March for Life.
"We will hold a vote to override this veto, taking this process all the way to the end under the Constitution," Ryan said Friday.
The bill would dismantle the health law's key pillars, including requirements that most people obtain coverage and that larger employers offer it to workers.
It would eliminate the expansion of Medicaid to cover more lower-income people and the government's subsidies for many who buy policies on newly created insurance marketplaces. It would also end taxes the law imposed to cover its costs.
More than 16 million people have gained health coverage since the law was enacted, according to government figures. They could risk losing it under the GOP approach. Republicans argue the health law has driven up costs and hurt consumers, and they promise "patient-centered" solutions in its place.
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Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law
