(Bloomberg) — The House of Representatives brushed aside President Barack Obama's veto threat and passed a bill that would revise his 2010 health care law to ease the requirement that employers provide insurance to their workers.

The measure, passed 252-172, would require employers to provide coverage to workers who put in at least 40 hours a week. That's up from the current 30-hour threshold, which Republicans say would cause employers to reduce hours and wages for many workers.

The bill now goes to the newly Republican-led Senate, where the Democratic minority could block the measure.

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