Democracy Dies in Darkness

House votes to rebuke Trump’s attempt at a court-ordered destruction of Obamacare

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April 3, 2019 at 3:47 p.m. EDT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats appear at an event Tuesday protesting the Justice Department’s efforts to abolish the Affordable Care Act. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

The Democratic-led House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday calling on the Justice Department to halt its new advocacy for abolishing the Affordable Care Act, a move the measure calls “an unacceptable assault” on Americans’ health care.

The House vote comes amid renewed jockeying over a prominent issue in last year’s midterm elections that President Trump has thrust back into the spotlight with his attempt at a court-ordered end to President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law.