Joe Biden will join House Democrats on the front steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, making one of his first major appearances since leaving office in January. | Getty Biden to rally with House Democrats to save Obamacare

Former Vice President Joe Biden will join Democrats at the Capitol Wednesday as they rally to save Obamacare one day before House Republicans vote to dismantle the health law.

Biden will join House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other House Democrats on the front steps of the Capitol at 10 a.m. Wednesday, making one of his first major appearances since leaving office in January.


The event, which also will feature Americans who have benefited from the law, is being billed as a celebration marking the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law March 23, 2010, according to a press advisory obtained by POLITICO.

House Republican leaders have scheduled a vote on their Obamacare repeal bill for Thursday, the actual anniversary of the signing of the law.

GOP leaders and top White House officials have been working the phones since the weekend to round up Republican votes for the bill but passage is still not guaranteed. Accounting for current House vacancies, 216 votes are needed to pass the bill.

Pelosi slammed the Republican plan, which she has taken to calling “TrumpCare,” as well as the White House budget during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday.

“What Republicans have put forth is a terrible bill — 24 million people kicked off of health insurance which the Speaker calls ‘an act of mercy,’” she said.

“At the same time, they put out a budget that OMB Director Mick Mulvaney says is ‘compassionate’ to take away Meals on Wheels and give it to the Defense Department. … Compassionate acts of mercy, I don’t know what faith that is.”

