CONGRESS SENDS HEALTH LAW REPEAL TO OBAMA’S DESK FOR FIRST TIME


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The bill repealing most of President Obama’s signature health care law was approved in a final 240-181 House vote Wednesday afternoon, after clearing the Senate late last year. The legislation also would strip federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

The measure still faces certain doom at the White House, and Democrats derided the vote Wednesday as pointless. The president is sure to veto, and Republicans do not have the votes to override.

Congress Sends Health Law Repeal to Obama’s Desk for First Time