On Tuesday, the Republicans failed in their latest attempt to repeal President Barack Obama's health Care. The House fell short in overriding Obama's veto of a bill that would have repealed key provisions like Obamacare and took away federal funding from Planned Parenthood.
USA Today reported that the 241-186 vote to abolish the veto failed of the two-thirds needed. This ensures that the Affordable Care Act will not be erased at least through the last year of Obama's term. Democrats criticized Republicans for failing to present an alternative to Obamacare.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared content to wait for Obama's exit from the White House. House Speaker Paul Ryan hopes that a Republican successor will give the GOP the full deck it needs to press its priorities without inhibitions. House Speaker said that the days of Barack Obama's presidency were numbered.
Obama and Ryan had their first private lunch since the congressman became speaker in October with a mandate to bring harmony to an unruly case of the House of Republicans whose primary goal is to stop Obama's agenda. The Republicans fought hard for seven years but still failed in repealing Obama's veto, as reported by the Washington Top News. The Republicans were unsuccessful to coalesce behind a replacement plan for Obama's health care law. Democrats mocked the GOP for trying yet again to kill or, at least, curb the law.
Republicans effort to stop Planned Parenthood escalated after the video footages showed its officials and affiliates discussing how they sold fetal tissue to researchers, as reported by ABC News. Planned Parenthood denies such allegations and congressional investigations have acquired no evidence of illegal activity.
The vetoed bill would annul major parts of President Barack Obama's health care legislation. If the Republicans win, it would also void the statutes option for the states to increase and expand Medical coverage to more low-income individuals.
