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Posted: 3:08 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, 2012

House votes to repeal Obamacare, Senate likely to ignore move

Waiting on Obamacare
AP
People line up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on the eve of Thursday's expected ruling on whether or not the Affordable Care Act passes the test of constitutionality

By Russell Mills

TULSA —

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to repeal the President's healthcare law, just two weeks after a controversial Supreme Court decision which upheld nearly the entire measure.

The vote was 244 to 185, with five Democrats joining Republicans to vote in favor of repeal.

The vote is considered largely symbolic, since a Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate is not likely to approve a repeal.

Were some Democrats to switch sides and support the repeal, it would still be subject to a presidential veto.

This is the second time the House has tried to overturn the law, and the 32nd time it has moved to overturn some or all of the bill since last year.

 
 
 

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