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House Passes G.O.P. Bill to Repeal Obamacare House Passes G.O.P. Bill to Repeal Obamacare
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Now: The House on Thursday passed the Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Read more or see our vote tally. Now: President Trump and Republican leaders are holding a celebration in the Rose Garden after the House passed the Republican bill to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act. Read more or see our vote tally.
■ After weeks of fits and starts, the House voted to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act.
■ President Trump announced he will hold a victory news conference in the Rose Garden.■ President Trump announced he will hold a victory news conference in the Rose Garden.
■ The legislation still faces steep hurdles in the Senate.■ The legislation still faces steep hurdles in the Senate.
The House on Thursday narrowly approved a bill to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, as Republicans recovered from their earlier failures and moved a step closer to delivering their promise to reshape American health care without mandated insurance coverage. With the vote Thursday, Republicans recovered from their earlier failures and moved a step closer to delivering their promise to reshape American health care without mandated insurance coverage.
The vote, 217-to-213, on President Trump’s 105th day in office, keeps alive the Republican dream of unwinding the signature legislative achievement of former President Barack Obama. The House measure faces profound uncertainty in the Senate, where the legislation’s steep spending cuts will almost certainly be moderated. Any legislation that can get through the Senate will again have to clear the House and its conservative majority.The vote, 217-to-213, on President Trump’s 105th day in office, keeps alive the Republican dream of unwinding the signature legislative achievement of former President Barack Obama. The House measure faces profound uncertainty in the Senate, where the legislation’s steep spending cuts will almost certainly be moderated. Any legislation that can get through the Senate will again have to clear the House and its conservative majority.
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Shortly before the voting began, President Trump wrote on Twitter that should the bill pass, Republicans would be gathering Thursday afternoon in the Rose Garden for a statement.Shortly before the voting began, President Trump wrote on Twitter that should the bill pass, Republicans would be gathering Thursday afternoon in the Rose Garden for a statement.
That news conference is expected to begin at 3:30 p.m.That news conference is expected to begin at 3:30 p.m.
Despite the passage of the bill in the House, the Affordable Care Act will remain in place — at least for now.Despite the passage of the bill in the House, the Affordable Care Act will remain in place — at least for now.
The repeal bill is not likely to be met with great celebration in the Senate.The repeal bill is not likely to be met with great celebration in the Senate.
Yes, Republican senators share their House colleagues’ desire to repeal major parts of the Obama-era health law.Yes, Republican senators share their House colleagues’ desire to repeal major parts of the Obama-era health law.
But they may not agree on exactly which parts.But they may not agree on exactly which parts.
Already, Republicans in the Senate have aired a variety of concerns about the House plan, including how it would affect states that expanded Medicaid under the health law and whether it would raise premiums to unaffordable levels for older Americans.Already, Republicans in the Senate have aired a variety of concerns about the House plan, including how it would affect states that expanded Medicaid under the health law and whether it would raise premiums to unaffordable levels for older Americans.
In other words, expect to see plenty of changes to the House bill — and, in the long run, plenty more fits and starts.In other words, expect to see plenty of changes to the House bill — and, in the long run, plenty more fits and starts.