Nearly every Republican voted for the measure, while almost every Democrat opposed it.
The GOP has stated that repealing Obama's health care overhaul, which the party sees as a job-killing initiative, was a top priority for the new Congress, which now holds a Republican majority and several Tea Party freshmen.
However, the measure will have almost no chance of making it past its next two hurdles: a Democratic-leaning Senate and a pre
A Republican-backed repeal of President Barack Obama's health care reform passed in the House of Representatives Friday in a highly divided 236-181 vote.
