Dive Brief:
- A vote Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives failed to garner enough votes to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill aimed at unraveling the Affordable Care Act.
- A veto would have required the support of at least two-thirds of the representatives, but the count fell short by about three dozen votes, which finally puts the bill, which was doomed from its inception, to bed.
- The legislation was never expected to get further than Obama's desk, but was pursued on principle by Republican opponents of the ACA.
Dive Insight:
Following the failure of the 63rd attempt to dismantle the ACA in all or in part, Republicans responded the end of the healthcare law was still to come.
"When a Republican president takes office next year, we know we can get this passed ... Obamacare can be gone once and for all," Reuters quoted Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
That possibility would require both a Republican win for the presidency and continued Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
The foiled legislation also would have blocked federal funding to Planned Parenthood.