The House passed a similar Obamacare repeal bill. Republicans stated an Obama veto – which the White Home has promised – will underscore in that a GOP triumph in next yr’s presidential & congressional elections would imply repeal of a statute they blame for surging medical prices & insurers abandoning some markets.
Advertisement
Though federal funding for Planned Parenthood will likely remain intact for the duration of the president’s term, many state-level Republican lawmakers, including those in Texas and Missouri, have introduced legislation to defund or limit access to abortion services at Planned Parenthood in their states.
Planned Parenthood came under fire earlier this year after an anti-abortion group posted online videos that it said showed Planned Parenthood illegally selling tissue from aborted fetuses.
“This legislation would repeal some of the more harmful aspects of the Affordable Care Act, including increased taxes and burdensome mandates, while giving us an opportunity to work toward a better plan”, Cochran said.
The bill is not expected to become law.
“For years, the American people have been calling on Washington to build a bridge away from Obamacare”. They want better care.
For Cruz, those sentiments apply to this week’s Senate bill, his office said Wednesday.
The overall healthcare bill only needed 51 votes to pass instead of the usual 60 because it was being considered under a special budget reconciliation process.
All of the Democrats in the chamber opposed the bill, while Sens.
Democrats were quick to try to use the vote for their own advantage too, sending out a fundraising email to urge people vote for a Democratic president and Congress in 2016. Republicans take issue with the law because it forces people to buy private insurance and fines those who don’t.
Thus, when Senator McConnell spoke of a “scale of many broken promises”, that term could just as easily apply to the countless campaign promises Republicans make to the party’s base about repealing Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania to expand background checks failed. “My understanding is there’s some unease among their members…so I don’t know what they will do”. “The scourge of gun violence that has swept through this country in recent years has snuffed out thousands upon thousands of lives”. Republicans offered alternatives to each and they were blocked as well. All three ultimately voted for the measure. John McCain, R-Ariz. Susan Collins of Maine.
Sen. Dan Sullivan voted in favor of the Obamacare repeal, and did not support Murkowski’s Planned Parenthood amendment.
The other amendments fell on party lines.
Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, shared her disappointment in a statement about the recent passing of the bill. Mark Kirk of IL was the only other Republican to do so. Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
Advertisement
“That will negatively impact women- they won’t be able to get affordable care like they can with Planned Parenthood”, said Easter. “The majority of the American people do not support doling out millions of our hard-earned tax dollars to Planned Parenthood, and with this vote, the will of the people has been heard”. Senators voted 52-47 to pass the legislation that is expected to be vetoed by President Barack Obama.
