Scalise signed Club for Growth's "Repeal-It!" Pledge ... "I hereby pledge to the people of my district/state to sponsor and support legislation to repeal any federal health care takeover passed in 2010, and replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government."
Repeal any federal health care takeover.
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Evidence
"Passed by recorded vote: 217 - 213 (Roll no. 256)." The roll call page shows Scalise voted Aye.
"This bill has the status Passed House" and the latest action listed is "Senate - 09/25/2017 ... Hearings held."
H.R.2 had status Passed House; it passed 245-189 and would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the 2010 reconciliation law.
Roll Call 14 on H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, passed 245-189; Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voted Aye.
Congress.gov lists H.R.1628 as Passed House, with latest action in the Senate on September 25, 2017; the bill included repeal and replacement provisions affecting PPACA Medicaid expansion, mandates, taxes, and credits.
Roll Call 256 on H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act, passed 217-213; Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voted Aye.
On McConnell Amendment No. 667 to H.R. 1628, Vote Result: Amendment Rejected; vote counts were YEAs 49, NAYs 51.
H.R.1 became Public Law No. 115-97. Section 11081 repeals the penalty for individuals who fail to maintain minimum essential health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Roll Call 699 on H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed 224-201; Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voted Yea.
Assessments
Scalise supported multiple concrete House ACA repeal efforts, including H.R.2 in 2011 and H.R.1628 in 2017, but neither became law. A later enacted bill, H.R.1 in 2017, eliminated the ACA individual mandate penalty and Scalise voted for it, which materially reduced part of the federal health care law but did not repeal the ACA or fully satisfy the promise to repeal a federal health care takeover.
Steve Scalise supported a serious repeal effort in the House, including the American Health Care Act, but the legislation stalled in the Senate and never became law. That means the promised repeal of the federal health care takeover was not delivered; it was attempted but failed during the same congressional term.