U.S. House Votes to Repeal Obamacare

ARRA News Service: The House passed H.R. 95 by a vote of 229-195 — "To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010." Two Democrats joined 227 Republicans i voting for repeal while 195 Democrats voted to keep this oppressive bill. Nine Representatives (4 Democrats and 5 Republicans) did not vote.

This is the third time the Republican-led House has voted to fully repeal the president’s health care law since 2011. President Obama has signed several other bills that repeal or defund parts of the law -- you can see a list of those bills here.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 45, fully repealing and defunding the president’s health care law:“This is all about jobs. The president’s health care law is already undermining our economy -- employers are cutting workers and cutting hours, costs are going up, and even Democrats are worried the whole thing is headed for a train wreck. There are also serious concerns about whether the IRS should be involved in our health care at all, let alone as the law’s chief enforcer. Fully repealing ObamaCare will help us build a stronger, healthier economy, and will clear the way for patient-centered reforms that lower health care costs and protect jobs. This is a good, common-sense bill, and I thank Congresswoman Bachmann for her leadership in bringing it to a vote today.”Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise (R-LA) commented:“To make matters even worse, leading the way in the enforcement of Obamacare is the IRS, which lost any degree of impartiality or credibility by illegally targeting Americans who dared to oppose political beliefs of the Obama Administration. Every day I hear horror stories from families and small businesses in southeast Louisiana about how Obamacare is leading to higher costs, loss of jobs, and in many cases the loss of health care for people who liked the plans they had. It is time to completely repeal this law, and get to work on the common sense reforms that lower health care costs and fix real problems like preventing discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions.”It is doubtful that Senate Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will allow a vote on H.R. 45 in the Senate or that if a vote were allowed few if any Democrats would break ranks and vote to real Obamacare even though Democrats have said that the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) is a "train wreck" waiting to happen.

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