--- description: House Republicans voted to repeal and replace Obamacare. The bill will now face the Senate title: Watch Online: House Republicans Celebrate Vote to Repeal and Replace Obamacare image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc817be86d0d68b4/6988cc0bbc6cfcef923e1363/paul-ryan-healthcare.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Online: House Republicans Celebrate Vote to Repeal and Replace Obamacare by [Jennifer Calfas](/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2017 7:03 PM CUT  House Speaker Paul Ryan walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Paul Ryan walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC.Eric Thayer—Getty Images by [Jennifer Calfas](/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2017 7:03 PM CUT After [voting to repeal](http://time.com/4767335/health-care-vote-trumpcare-congress-house/ "undefined") Obamacare, [House Republicans](http://time.com/4712883/ahca-paul-ryan-donald-trump-no-vote-obamacare/ "undefined") will gather with President Donald Trump at the White House Thursday afternoon to celebrate their victory. Republicans approved the latest version of the bill, after the original [was pulled](http://time.com/4712852/ahca-donald-trump-obamacare-repeal-failure/ "undefined") several weeks ago following disagreements over the legislation. The bill will now face the Senate. If approved, the new bill will affect the health insurance of millions of Americans, weakening protections for people with [pre-existing conditions](http://time.com/4762385/ahca-health-care-preexisting-conditions-facts/ "undefined"), cutting taxes for the wealthy and reducing federal assistance for low-income Americans. The vote comes after a seven-year battle by Republicans to nix [former President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4685999/white-house-transgender-bathroom-gender-neutral/ "undefined")‘s signature healthcare law. Trump has repeatedly said that repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act was [one of his biggest goals](http://time.com/4707986/obamacare-repeal-donald-trump-capitol-hill/ "undefined") for the first few months of his presidency. Ahead of the House vote on the legislation, Trump said Republicans would host a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House if the bill passed. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/860194183797243904) Watch the press conference at the Rose Garden live in the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4767610/republicans-obamacare-repeal-replace/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4767610/republicans-obamacare-repeal-replace/"},"headline":"Watch Online: House Republicans Celebrate Vote to Repeal and Replace Obamacare","datePublished":"2017-05-04T19:03:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:45:50.654Z","description":"House Republicans will celebrate their vote to repeal and replace Obamacare","url":"https://time.com/4767610/republicans-obamacare-repeal-replace/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc817be86d0d68b4/6988cc0bbc6cfcef923e1363/paul-ryan-healthcare.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc817be86d0d68b4/6988cc0bbc6cfcef923e1363/paul-ryan-healthcare.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170504_Paul Ryan capitol hill","caption":"Vice President Pence Meets With Lawmkers On Capitol As Health Care Debate Continues On","creditText":"Eric Thayer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4767610/republicans-obamacare-repeal-replace/","name":"Watch Online: House Republicans Celebrate Vote to Repeal and Replace Obamacare"}}]}] ```