USA Today (2/2, Kelly) reports that the House on Tuesday failed to override President Obama’s veto of legislation that would have repealed large parts of the Affordable Care Act and defunded Planned Parenthood. The 241-186 vote “fell short of the two-thirds needed, ensuring that the Affordable Care Act will remain in place at least through the final year of Obama’s term.” House Republicans expected to lose the override vote, “but they are hoping to use the issue to convince voters to elect a GOP president to help them overturn the 2010 heath care law in the next Congress.”

The AP (2/2, Fram) says the near party-line vote was “solely an exercise in election-year political messaging.” House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) told reporters, “What we’re proving today is if we have a Republican president next year, we will repeal Obamacare.” Ryan added that the GOP will offer an ACA replacement plan this year that will lower costs and “restore the doctor-patient relationship.” Congressional Quarterly (2/2, Subscription Publication) reports House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) said Monday that one of his committee’s top goals is to “offer an alternative to the very damaging Obamacare bill, and work with the other committees in doing so.”

The Hill (2/2, Sullivan) reports that Democrats slammed Republicans for trying again to repeal the health law. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said, “They said, ‘We’re going to repeal this and we’re going to replace it,’” adding, “How many times have we voted to replace it? Zero. Zero times to replace it.”

Politico (2/2, Ehley) notes Congress in January “approved the Obamacare repeal measure through a fast-track budget tool known as reconciliation.” It was “the first major repeal bill to arrive at the president’s desk for a veto.”

After failing to override the veto, the Washington Post (2/2, Snell) reports, House Republicans “are moving on to a new round of budget fights.” President Obama will release his budget next week, and Republican leaders “are promising to release the GOP’s official spending blueprint within the next several weeks.”

Also covering the vote are Reuters (2/2, Cornwell), the Washington Times (2/2, Howell), Congressional Quarterly (2/2, Attias, Subscription Publication), the Washington Examiner (2/2, Ferrechio), and MSNBC (2/2, Benen).