Republicans are acting quickly to capitalize on a federal judge's sweeping ruling against the new health care law, renewing a push for a repeal vote in the Senate while clamoring for the Supreme Court to weigh in.

The White House on Monday panned Florida District Court Judge Roger Vinson's decision as an outlier. The ruling declared the so-called individual mandate unconstitutional and said the entire law should be voided as a result. Administration officials said the opinion will not stop the states from implementing the law and expressed confidence that it would ultimately be ruled constitutional by a higher court. The Department of Justice is appealing Vinson's ruling to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals...