U.S. Senate Refuses to Repeal Health Care Law:All 51 Democrats opposed repeal; all 47 Republicans supported (220 hits)
Posted by CitizenLink Staff
The U.S. Senate voted 51-47 today against repealing the massive health care law. All 51 Democrats opposed the repeal; all 47 Republicans supported the effort. “They (Democrats) know it’s a rotten bill,” Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, told Fox News. “This is going to be a big, big issue in 2012.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., forced a vote on the law by adding it as an amendment to another bill. The vote comes after a federal court ruled Monday that the health care law is unconstitutional. The Department of Justice will appeal the ruling to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., called the basic premise of the law flawed, saying it’s “like pouring a few glasses of fresh water into a polluted river.” The House repealed the law Jan. 19 by a vote of 245-189.
