Repeal any federal health care takeover.

Steve Scalise · Louisiana · Republican

policy impact 0.82 specificity 0.92 extraction confidence 97%

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Occurrences

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."

Promises to sponsor and support legislation repealing the federal health care law and replacing it with market-based reforms.

Steve Scalise on Health Care
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Evidence

"Passed by recorded vote: 217 - 213 (Roll no. 256)." The roll call page shows Scalise voted Aye.

Scalise backed the House passage of the American Health Care Act, a serious repeal attempt, but this was only a House vote and did not repeal the ACA.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Roll Call 256 | Bill Number: H.R. 1628
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"This bill has the status Passed House" and the latest action listed is "Senate - 09/25/2017 ... Hearings held."

The repeal bill advanced in the House but stalled in the Senate and never became law, so the promise was not fully delivered.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.1628 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): American Health Care Act of 2017 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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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.

A full ACA repeal bill advanced through the House in the 112th Congress but had only Passed House status, not enacted-law status.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.2 - 112th Congress (2011-2012): Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act | Congress.gov
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Roll Call 14 on H.R. 2, Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, passed 245-189; Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voted Aye.

Scalise voted for a concrete full-repeal bill in the House, showing effort, but the House vote alone did not repeal the law.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Roll Call 14 | H.R. 2
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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.

The American Health Care Act was a serious later repeal-and-replace effort, but Congress.gov shows it never progressed beyond Passed House status.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.1628 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): American Health Care Act of 2017 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Roll Call 256 on H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act, passed 217-213; Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voted Aye.

Scalise backed House passage of the AHCA, supporting effort toward repeal, but that vote was not final enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Roll Call 256 | Bill Number: H.R. 1628
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On McConnell Amendment No. 667 to H.R. 1628, Vote Result: Amendment Rejected; vote counts were YEAs 49, NAYs 51.

The Senate rejected a key ACA repeal amendment to H.R. 1628, blocking the 2017 repeal effort from becoming law.

never later_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 179, 115th Congress, 1st Session
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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.

Congress enacted a partial ACA change by eliminating the individual mandate penalty, but this did not repeal the federal health care law as promised.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.1 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Tax Cuts and Jobs Act | Congress.gov
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Roll Call 699 on H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed 224-201; Scalise, Republican, Louisiana, voted Yea.

Scalise voted for the enacted tax bill that partially reduced ACA enforcement by repealing the mandate penalty, but it was not a full health care repeal.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Roll Call 699 | H.R. 1
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Assessments

partial later_term A for effort

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.

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never same_term A for effort

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.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%