The House of Representatives has just voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, by a final vote of 245-189. Four Democrats had initially voted for repeal, but one switched at the last moment (names coming when I find them). No Republicans voted against.
UPDATE: The Democrats voting for repeal were: Rep. Dan Boren (Okla.), Rep. Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Rep. Mike Ross (Ark.).
UPDATE II: Word now that the last-minute Democratic switcher was Rep. Larry Kissell (N.C.).
Actually Only 3 D's voted against final passage.
4 D's did vote to recomit in the previous procedural vote.
One D at the last possible second switched from Aye to Nay right before the gavel fell.
24@ R for None against
D's were 189 against, 3 for and Giffords NV
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI don't think that word means what you think it means.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLet's hope we see this same story on January 19, 2013.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI hope they have the will to do this several more times. The more the democrats defend this piece of junk the worse it will get for them. I think republicans should be willing to send a repeal bill over to the senate at least 10 times over the next two years.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSo, as before, the only bipartisan agreement in this Congress is the effort to defeat or repeal this legislation.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseExcellent. Now let's hang this turkey around their necks for the next two years.
It would be a little easier to get excited about the GOP if they hadn't made such a dreadful hash of things the last time they were in power. We wouldn't be in the position of pushing uphill against this awful piece of legislature if they'd govenered a little more responsibly when they had the chance.
Still, perhaps with their recent humbling and all the new blood the GOP has learned a few lessons. The united vote to repeal Obamacare is encouraging.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGREAT - I love bipartisanship. I'm sure Obama will agree to it now.
My Congressional Wuss voted against it the first time but marched to the Democratic tune this time. He only won by a margin of 648 votes in November - he is whistling past the grave yard with that vote.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt’s not often that I get to say even “Good job” to the GOP, but I’m happy to say I can now say “Great Job GOP.” Now force Reid to not bring it to the floor in the Senate, and then in 2012 run against every Democrat that either voted against ObamaCare’s appeal, or would not let it come to a vote (i.e., every Dem in the Senate), and pray that GOP primary voters nominate a candidate like Paul Ryan who can actually beat Obama. Don’t say it can be done – we CAN repeal ObamaCare as early as January 2013.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe basic message that needs to get out is simple: The Federal Government has no business intervening or dictating people's medical care or insurance choices!
Period
This is not about money, jobs, deficits, or "preexisting conditions" - sure all would be made immensely worse if this government run medical care scheme takes root....
But at the root of this is nothing but a thinly veiled and cynical attempt to make you dependent on the State for a necessity of life......thus making you mallible to further government interventionist (ie Socialist) "solutions" to other areas of our daily lives they wish to control....
The Democrats and the left dont give a wit about "your health" nor do they "care" that the practical effects of this "law" will make things far worse in terms of costs, medical outcomes, and insurance access for hundreds of millions - that was never the point!
If we get locked into a "tat for tat" battle about $$$ or insurance regulation, we essentially concede the Democrats basic point: that Medical Care IS a legitimate are for government intervention into our lives and choices!
This is about our Freedom, Liberty, and Individual Rights and what kind of society we will be....
One where people are free and independent, resepected as capable of making their own choices about their personal medical care, finances and charity - and where they are soveign not some small group politcal elites who are empowered to make all the choices for us and impose them thru force of law!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf the Sentate doesn't repeal or Obama vetoes the repeal, attach complete defunding amendments to every single piece of substantial legislation-including budgets-until it IS repealed.
No retreat, no surrender. Obamacare must end. That was the message from the people in November 2010.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseA bunch of Democrat reps just lost their 2012 election today. Nice.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePATea,
"We wouldn't be in the position of pushing uphill against this awful piece of legislature if they'd govenered a little more responsibly when they had the chance."
Actually, we wouldn't be in this position if the voters in 2008 hadn't voted for Obama. I laugh at those on the right who still like to mention how terrible the GOP was 2000-2008. I wouldn't say the GOP was good then, but I don't understand why even the right has a double standard in its expectations of the GOP and expectations of Democrats. At least the GOP pretty much held the deficit under $1 trillion before Obama was sworn in, and they did better than that before the Democrats took Congress in 2006.
But, by all means, go ahead and renege on your support of the Iraq War like so many "reliable" Republican voters, which became just too expensive; and go ahead and bemoan passing prescription drugs for seniors. If it helps you to forget about what the Democrats have done since, go ahead and reminise about the good old days.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseForgive me if I don't get excited about symbolic votes. I am glad they did it, but I can't help feeling that the Republicans will absolutely fail on things that actually have a chance of being enacted, like meaningful cuts to spending outside of defense, a binding prohibition on government funding of abortion, or slapping down the EPA or FCC power grabs. All of which are popular even outside of conservatives. Please Boehner and Cantor, show me the new GOP isn't incompetent.
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If only the Speaker was named "Gingrich" so we could enjoy the oh-so-clever "Grinch" criticisms for the next several years.
Seriously, though, how many Democrat representatives ran against Obamacare - or at least not in favor of Obamacare - and voted against repeal? Good luck in 2012!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseObama is up in the polls, and now this:
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Getting very worried.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis keeps the Obamacare issue at the fore up until (if not beyond) 2012. Let Obama and the Democrats try to run on it in the coming election. And hats off to the GOP for coming through on this quickly and decisively. May they be so resolute on other issues they were elected to address.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGreat! Now keep blocking the money needed to implement this turkey until we have a GOP majority in the senate. Even better it would be if the courts render the law unconstitutional.
Democrats didn't want to fix anything with this law. All they wanted was to take control of the whole health care system and make us even more dependent on government than we already are.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCelebrate Good Times!
Congratulations to the House Repulicans on a job very, very well done.
Let's see, how long did this take?!
And bipartisan too!
The only way to make this even better is to deliver a bitartisan solution that addresses the REAL health care issues. Prince Harry may be able to keep this bill from the Senate floor, but it will be VERY difficult for him to keep from the Senate floor a bill that genuinely resolves many of the health cares issues.
(Please note that I did not say "all of the health care issues". We have already seen 2,000+ pages of what happens when you try to do it all...)
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHow does it help the GOP by bringing this to s Senate vote? All vulnerable Dems could vote against it and remove it as a potential issue.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWell, the repeal vote had a higher margin (56) than the passage itself (5?).
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