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Introduced in the House as H.R. 1628 by Diane Black (R-TN) on March 20, 2017; Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce Committee: passed as "Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Repeal and Replace of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" on March 9, 2017 (); House Ways and Means Committee: passed on March 9, 2017 as "Budget Reconciliation ...
In 2017, when he was president, Donald Trump called on Republicans in the Senate to end the filibuster so that the party could repeal the Affordable Care Act. “The very outdated filibuster rule ...
On July 25, 2017, the United States Senate voted to proceed to debate on the American Health Care Act. The Senate voted 50–50, largely along party lines with the Republicans for and the Democrats against proceeding, requiring Vice President Pence to cast a tie-breaking vote, which was in favor of the AHCA.
Currently, the rules require a super-majority of 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. Protests for and against Obamacare (Reporting by Lisa Lambert; Writing by Tim Ahmann; Editing by Eric Walsh)
The 1974 Budget Control Act had 100 senators vote for it, to create a filibuster free pathway for only one reason, and that one reason was reducing the deficit.
S.Amdt. 1030 was introduced on September 13, 2017, sponsored by Lindsey Graham (R-SC), with Bill Cassidy (R-LA) as a co-sponsor, after whom the amendment is named. The other three co-sponsors are Dean Heller (R-NV), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Roy Blunt (R-MO). [2] The amendment would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also
Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats have called for a "carve-out" from the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade nationwide, while former President Donald Trump has endorsed curtailing the ...
With Democrats having lost a filibuster-proof supermajority in the Senate, but having already passed the Senate bill with 60 votes on December 24, the most viable option for the proponents of comprehensive reform was for the House to abandon its own health reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, and pass the Senate's bill, The ...