From The Hill:
The Senate on Wednesday voted down a repeal of President Obama’s healthcare law in a 47-51 party-line vote.
The vote came two weeks to the day the Republican House voted 245-189 to repeal the law, and just days after a federal judge ruled Obama’s signature legislative achievement is unconstitutional.
Republicans have vowed to carry the fight forward, saying they will seek to de-fund the law as it is implemented. The GOP also has promised Wednesday’s repeal vote will not be the last in this Congress.
The vote came on a budgetary point of order, which Republicans needed 60 votes to overcome. Democrats argued repealing healthcare would add an estimated $230 billion to the deficit, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Senate GOP Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Ky.) called that estimate “preposterous.”
McConnell was trying to add an amendment repealing the healthcare law to legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration.
Neither the result nor vote breakdown were surprises. No Democrats in attendance voted in favor of the measure and no Republicans rejected it. Sens. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) (D-Va.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) were absent for the vote.
Read the whole thing here. Unlike the members who opposed repeal in the House, the Senators voted against repeal just days after a federal judge ruled the entire law unconstitutional. The should be held accountable.
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