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The House passed a bill Thursday to repeal President Obama's healthcare law — the third full repeal vote and the 37th vote to repeal or defund all or part of the law.

Only two Democrats sided with Republicans in the party-line 229-195 vote, and no Republicans voted against repeal.

Republicans defended the vote Thursday, saying it's important to keep up pressure on the law, noting that only 35 percent of the public has a favorable impression of it. The vote on full repeal could also help clear the way for more targeted votes to weaken specific provisions.

“Well, while our goal is to repeal all of ObamaCare, I would remind you that the president has signed into law seven different bills that repealed or defunded parts of that law. Is it enough? No. Full repeal is needed to keep this law from doing more damage to our economy and raising health care costs," Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said at a press conference Thursday.

The Hill's coverage of the repeal vote is here.

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Only two Democrats sided with Republicans in the party-line 229-195 vote.

If congressional Republicans succeed in blocking a controversial new Medicare board created in the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius can step in instead.

GOP leaders have resisted the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a 15-member panel tasked with slowing the growth in Medicare spending. The IPAB would make targeted cuts in Medicare's payments to doctors and other providers.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) recently said they would not recommend members for the IPAB, as the law asks them to. The House's internal rules also call for ignoring the IPAB's proposed cuts.

Republicans and Democrats clashed on Twitter over President Obama’s healthcare law ahead of a House repeal vote.

Pelosi says Republicans did the same thing with Medicare's prescription drug benefit.

Legislation to repeal ObamaCare passed a procedural test in the House on Thursday afternoon, which will allow members to approve the bill later in the day.

Members voted 226-192 in favor of the rule for the legislation, which calls for two hours of debate before the final vote. Every Republican voted for the rule, along with two Democrats — Reps. Jim Matheson (Utah), Mike McIntyre (N.C.).

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) predicted Thursday that President Obama will renounce his signature healthcare law in the face of mounting conservative opposition to the reform.

Bachmann said the ongoing scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and challenges in implementing the Affordable Care Act put the law's survival "back on the table."

"The issue is now revived," she said at a press conference. "We believe that the heat will become so hot that even the president of the United States will be forced to repudiate his signature legislation." 

House Republicans have introduced separate bills aimed at scaling back the Internal Revenue Service's involvement with implementation of ObamaCare.

Reps. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) and Tom Price (R-Ga.) said their bills are needed in the wake of the IRS's confirmation that it applied extra scrutiny to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Forbes called that a form of "bullying" by the IRS, and said it's a reason why Congress should approve his bill, which would prohibit the hiring of any new IRS officials to implement ObamaCare.