House Republicans were supposed to have voted last week to fail to override President Obama's veto of their Obamacare repeal. But it snowed, so they decided to turn the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Two Week holiday. That means repeal day is tomorrow, which is more commonly known as Groundhog Day, an irony lost on no one except Republicans. Oh, and spoiler alert: they're going to fail again.
The House has voted more than 60 times since Republicans took over the majority in 2011 to undo the healthcare law. Tuesday’s vote, however, will be the first attempt to override President Obama’s veto of a measure to overturn his signature legislative accomplishment.
Consideration of the repeal measure—the first to pass both the House and Senate—is expected to stall after this week’s vote. Republicans are not expected to secure the necessary two-thirds majority to override a presidential veto. And once the veto override attempt fails in the House, the Senate won’t be able to consider it.
You might be wondering how many times they voted on an Obamacare replacement plan. That would be zero.