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In a stinging rebuke to President Obama, the House voted to “fix” Obamacare, allowing insurers to keep offering the plans canceled by Obamacare indefinitely to not only existing customers, but also future ones. The vote was 261 to 157, with 39 Democrats joining with the Republicans. After the vote, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) put out a statement declaring, “The president broke his word, had a chance to fix the problem, and only did more damage to his credibility. Today, the House made a big, bipartisan statement about the need to make things right.” The House majority leader’s spokesman Rory...

President Barack Obama vowed to veto legislation that would let insurers keep selling old policies to new customers, as well as revive them for existing customers for another year, but 39 Democrats defied him and their party leadership Friday and voted for the bill. Most of the Democratic members on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Frontline incumbent protection program voted with Upton and the GOP. Here’s the list, with Frontline members getting an asterisk:

Here are the 39 Democrats who bucked Barack Obama and voted for Rep. Fred Upton’s Keep Your Health Care bill, which would allow people to keep their insurance, regardless of ObamaCare: Arizona Rep. Ron Barber Georgia Rep. John Barrow California Rep. Ami Bera New York Rep. Tim Bishop Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley California Rep. Julia Brownley Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos California Rep. Jim Costa Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio Washington Rep. Suzan DelBene Illinois Rep. Tammy Duckworth Illinois Rep. William Enyart Connecticut Rep. Elizabeth Esty Illinois Rep. Bill Foster Texas Rep. Pete Gallego California Rep. John Garamendi Florida Rep. Joe Garcia...

After Republicans deemed the first version of a Democratic "keep your health insurance" bill alternative non-germane, Democrats tweaked their proposal and offered it again. That version saw a vote, and it was defeated along party lines, 230-187. Four Democrats voted against, while no Republicans voted in favor. The tweak took out the provision that would require insurance companies to notify individuals of options available in the health insurance marketplace, premium and cost assistance available in the marketplace, and consumer protections not provided under existing plans. That very requirement, House Republicans said, is what made the bill non-germane. Since Republicans have...

The House easily passed Republican legislation on Friday allowing insurers to keep offering old insurance plans for another year in response to President Barack Obama’s broken “if you like it, you can keep it” promise.