Feb. 19, 2011: The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011: The House passed the spending measure, which included amendments that would curtail the reach and funding of the health law.Votes 3 through 11 in the GOP vote tally were on amendments that stripped away specific funding for parts of the law. (Photo by Getty Images)
March 3, 2011: The Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act: This measure repealed Form 1099 reporting requirements that were added to help finance the health law. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
April 13, 2011: A vote to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund: The fund is administered by the secretary of health and human services for various public health services. Republicans argue the “slush fund” would be used to fund jungle gyms, bike paths, and some lobbying activities. (Black lawmakers say they were spat on and called the n-word. AP Photo)
April 14, 2011: The Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011: The measure repealed the free choice voucher program and reduced funding for the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan. It also barred increasing Internal Revenue Service funding to hire additional agents to enforce the health law’s individual mandate. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images for Young Elected Officials Network)
April 14, 2011: The House directed the Senate to hold votes on defunding all mandatory and discretionary spending established by the law. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
April 15, 2011: Fiscal 2012 Federal Budget: This spending proposal repealed and defunded the health-care law. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
May 3, 2011: H.R 1213: This measure repealed mandatory funding provided to state governments to establish health benefits exchanges. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
May 4, 2011: H.R 1214: The measure repealed mandatory funding to build “school-based health centers.” (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
May 24, 2011: H.R. 1216: The measure converted $230 million in mandatory spending for graduate medical education programs to discretionary spending. The conversion would have allowed teaching health centers to receive funding through the regular appropriations process and with congressional oversight. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Aug. 1, 2011: The Budget Control Act of 2011: President Obama signed this bill, which curtailed some funding for the health law. (Getty Images)
Oct. 13, 2011: The Protect Life Act: This bill prevented barred money from the health law to be used to pay for abortion procedures or abortion coverage. (Getty Images)
Nov. 16, 2011: The bill required that certain benefits be included in the calculation of modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) for purposes of determining eligibility for certain programs established by the law. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Dec. 13, 2001: The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011: This bill offset the cost of extending the payroll tax reduction, unemployment insurance, and the “doc fix” by cutting funding to the public prevention fund, among other provisions. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Dec. 16, 2011: The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012:This measure rescinded $400 million from the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan and $10 million in funds for the Independent Patient Advisory Board (IPAB). It also cut IRS’s enforcement budget and tightened restrictions on using federal CDC grant money for lobbying purposes. (Photo by Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP)
Feb. 1, 2012: The Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011: This bill repealed the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, a long-term care program established by the law. (Photo by Julie Denesha/Getty Images)
Feb. 17, 2012: The Conference Report to the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012: The bill cut a total of $11.6 billion from the law. (AP photo)
March 22, 2012: The Protecting Access to Healthcare Act (PATH): The measure repealed the IPAB and reformed medical liability insurance, which Republicans argued would save money for the Medicare program. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
March 29, 2012: The Fiscal 2013 Federal Budget: This spending proposal also repealed and defunded the health law. (Getty Images)
April 27, 2012: The Interest Rate Reduction Act: This measure froze federally-subsidized student loan rates at 3.4 percent for another year by repealing the Prevention and Public Health Fund established by the law. (Getty Images)
May 10, 2012: The Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012:The bill replaced across-the-board cuts in defense and non-defense discretionary spending by, among other things, cutting funding for elements of the health law. (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)
June 7, 2012: The Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012:This measure repealed the medical device tax, one of the law’s key funding mechanisms, and limitations on reimbursements for certain over-the-counter medications. (AP photo)
June 29, 2012: As part of a bill establishing federal transportation funding and freezing federally-subsidized student loan rates for another year, the House also voted to save $670 million by recalculating the amount of money Louisiana gets from Medicaid. (Getty Images)
… And of course, Wednesday’s full repeal vote, which like all of the previous attempts, will go nowhere in the Senate. (Getty Images)
What will they think of next? (Photo by Whitney Curtis/Getty Images)
It’s hard to believe that the House has put so much energy into trying to reverse one law, but when the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted today to repeal the Affordable Care Act — also known as “Obamacare” — it will be their 33rd bite of the apple. That’s thirty plus three. And each of those efforts is really just for show (it’s an election year, after all…) since no repeal of the president’s signature achievement is going to pass the Democratic majority Senate. Even if it could get through both houses of Congress, no one in their right mind believes the president would sign a repeal.
So how many ways has the House tried for repeal? Let us count the ways …
