House votes to sue Obama

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House votes to sue Obama

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The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on July 31 (Manila time) to sue President Barack Obama for allegedly overstepping his powers, a move swiftly denounced by his Democratic allies as a cynical election-year stunt. By a party-line vote of 225 to 201, the House voted to resort to the unprecedented move of taking the president to court for not having stringently followed the letter of the law while implementing his signature “Obamacare” health care reform bill. Obama dismissed the suit, making it a punchline again during a speech in Kansas City, Missouri. “Instead of suing me for doing my job, I want Congress to do its job and make life a little better for the Americans who sent them there in the first place,” he said.

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