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U.S. NEWSSaturday 9 January 2016

Obama vetoes bill to repeal signature health care law

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., ponders a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill a factor in the campaign will be “a matter of time”
in Washington, where he talked about his 2016 agenda and GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare, with Democratic front-run- before the law is finally
formally known as The Affordable Care Act. President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed legislation ner Hillary Clinton defend- overturned.
to repeal his health care law, saying the measure “would reverse the significant progress we have ing it against Republicans “We have now shown that
made in improving health care in America.” who argue the measure there is a clear path to re-
doesn’t work. pealing Obamacare with-
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Republican lawmakers out 60 votes in the Senate,”
have pushed many repeal Ryan said. “So, next year,
DARLENE SUPERVILLE progress we have made bill: keeping a promise to measures since 2010, when if we’re sending this bill to
Associated Press in improving health care in voters in an election year, Obama signed the health a Republican president,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- America.” and showing that they are care, his signature domes- it will get signed into law.
dent Barack Obama on The veto was expected. capable of repealing the tic achievement, into law. Obamacare will be gone.
Friday vetoed legislation to But Republicans claimed law if a Republican wins This was the first of those ... It’s just a matter of time.”
repeal his health care law, victory with the vote, argu- November’s presidential bills to clear Congress and For maximum visibility, Re-
saying the measure “would ing that they met two goals election. reach his desk. publican leaders made
reverse the significant by finally passing a repeal The issue is expected to be In his veto message to Con- the legislation their first ma-
gress, Obama disagreed jor vote of 2016. Although
with critics of the measure. they don’t have the votes
The president said the Af- to override Obama’s veto,
fordable Care Act, widely they scheduled an over-
referred to as “Obam- ride vote for Jan. 26.
acare,” includes fairer rules “We will hold a vote to
and stronger consumer override this veto, taking
protections “that have this process all the way to
made health care cov- the end under the Consti-
erage more affordable, tution,” Ryan said.
more attainable and more The bill would dismantle
patient-centered. And it is the health law’s key pillars,
working.” including requirements
The Senate passed the that most people obtain
measure last year under coverage and that larger
special rules that protected employers offer it to work-
it from Democratic delay- ers.
ing tactics and the House More than 16 million peo-
passed it this week. ple have gained health
House Speaker Paul Ryan, coverage since the law
a Republican, predicted it was enacted, accord-
ing to government figures.
Sanctions bill seeks to deny North Korea cash They could risk losing it
under the Republican ap-
RICHARD LARDNER which has broad biparti- hydrogen bomb, which administration’s policy proach.
Associated Press san support and could be would represent a sig- Obama said reliable
WASHINGTON (AP) — The on the House floor as early nificant and unexpected on North Korea as one of health care coverage
U.S. House of Representa- as Tuesday, languished for advance for the reclusive would no longer be a right
tives isn’t waiting for con- nearly a year until North Ko- country’s limited nuclear “strategic patience” that for everyone under the
firmation of North Korea’s rea announced two days arsenal. While it could take bill, but would become
hydrogen-bomb test claim ago that it had conducted weeks or even longer to has failed to curb develop- “a privilege for a few.” He
before voting on legisla- a fourth nuclear test — this confirm or refute the claim, admonished lawmakers
tion that expands sanctions one detonating a thermo- lawmakers are pushing ment of nuclear weapons for wasting time “refighting
on Pyongyang and spe- nuclear device with huge ahead. The bill’s author, old political battles” and
cifically seeks to deny the destructive power. House Foreign Affairs Com- and long-range missiles to said they should instead
hard currency lawmakers The announcement was mittee Republican Chair- be working on policies to
say it needs for its weapons greeted with doubt that man Ed Royce, on Friday deliver them. grow the economy, help
programs. The legislation, North Korea had set off a described the Obama’s middle-class families and
“This is the approach that create jobs. q

will work because you need

consequences,” Royce

said of the legislation dur-

ing remarks at the Ameri-

can Enterprise Institute, a

Washington think tank.q