Wednesday, January 19, 2011

House passes health law repeal


House Speaker John Boehner (center) speaks about the health repeal vote. | AP Photo
House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday. | AP Photo Close
House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years.
The vote was 245 to 189, and unanimous GOP opposition gave the vote the same partisan feel of the March vote to pass the law, underscoring once again the hardened political lines of the health care debate. Only three Democrats backed the repeal, a smaller number than Republicans had once predicted.

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