House of Representatives Approves Repeal of Health Care Reform

On January 19, 2011, a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the companion bill, The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. House Resolution 2 (HR2), The Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, passed with 245 representatives in favor, and 189 opposed. The vote followed party lines, with all Republicans voting in favor of the bill, and all but three Democrats (Representative Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Representative Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, and Representative Mike Ross of Arkansas) voting against the repeal . . .