House Republicans were unable to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill that would have partially repealed the Affordable Care Act.
The attempt failed 241 to 186, according to The Hill. This failure was expected, as a win would have required a two-thirds majority vote — meaning Democrats would have had to vote against the ACA.
However, Republicans are heralding the action as a demonstration of what could happen to the ACA if a conservative were to take the White House in November, according to the report. Meanwhile Democrats say the repeal attempt means nothing without a plan to replace the ACA, according to the report.
President Obama vetoed the bill in early January. It managed to get through Congress in the form of a special reconciliation bill, which only requires a simple majority vote and blocks filibusters. The bill — which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would save $516 billion over the next decade — would have done away with some of the ACA's central pillars, including Medicaid expansion, federal subsidies for health insurance, a host of taxes and individual and employer mandates. It also would have slashed federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
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