House of Representatives votes to derail ‘Obamacare’

The US House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation to fund federal agencies from Oct 1 to Dec 15, but at the same time put Barack Obama’s new healthcare package into the sidings. The bill preserves spending cuts at an annual rate of $986.3 billion and permanently defunds the Affordable Care Act. 

The Republican dominated House sent the measure to the Democrat controlled Senate by 230-189 votes. There, it is expected to pass without defunding the Obamacare law. If the bill gets to the White House with the stripped healthcare provision, Obama would veto it. 

Should the president and the lawmakers fail to agree on the stopgap funding, most operations would come to a halt in less than two weeks. The Senate is set to consider the bill by Sept 26. They could have a simple majority vote that would strip the health-care defunding language once they end debate on the House measure. The Affordable Care Act is a health care reform, which seeks to ensure that all American citizens are covered by health insurance