US Senate passes symbolic Obamacare repeal, assuring veto

The bill passed by 52 votes while 47 votes were against it. Before the bill becomes law, it has to pass through the House of Representatives where the outlook is similar to the decision of the Senate. By working with other conservatives, we’re putting an ObamaCare repeal and replace bill on President Obama’s desk that goes as far as possible in getting rid of this disastrous law, and that is why I supported it.

Republicans claim the bill has seen a surge in healthcare costs and has led to insurance firms abandoning the market. Government officials said this week that health care spending grew at 5.3 percent in 2014, the steepest climb since Obama took office.

“I think Democrats have a particular responsibility to the millions their law has hurt already to help pass (the repeal)”, McConnell said. “What we are doing is listening to our constituents, who’ve told us that they’ve had one bad experience after another with Obamacare”. “Do they meet with them?”

Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said that the repeal is a “gesture in futility”.

Sen. Dan Sullivan voted in favor of the Obamacare repeal, and did not support Murkowski’s Planned Parenthood amendment.

The GOP employed a budget procedure known as reconciliation to avoid a Democratic filibuster and override opposition to pass the bill through a majority vote. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Sen.

One bit of drama on the final vote was whether GOP presidential candidates Sens.

The bill does stop all of Obamacare but it effectively ends the mandate that requires most people to purchase health insurance. The bill also gets rid of government subsidies for those who buy policies on newly created insurance marketplaces and halts the healthcare legislation’s expansion of Medicaid coverage. Collins said her amendment would have prohibited the use of federal funds for abortions, except in the cases of rape, incest or where the life of the mother is considered at risk.

The group has been under intensified GOP pressure this year for its role in providing fetal tissue to scientists. The group says the videos were deceptively doctored and say it has done nothing illegal.

On Thursday night, the Senate Republicans threw down the same gauntlet their House counterparts have repeatedly dropped at the President’s feet for the last four years.

Pro-life supporters recite the rosary with Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wis., during a prayer service in late August outside of a Planned Parenthood facility in Grand Chute, WI. Three people were killed in a November 27 shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Here are five things to know about the Republican repeal bill.