Senate rejects effort to force 60 votes for Obamacare repeal
By Robert King • 1/5/17 4:16 PM
The Senate narrowly rejected Democrats' attempts to force Republicans to get 60 votes to repeal Obamacare rather than a simple majority.
The Senate voted 52-48 along party lines to reject an amendment by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and other Democrats to a budget resolution bill that is the first step toward repealing Obamacare.
The amendment would have forced any bill that would result in insurance coverage losses or higher costs to insured people to get 60 votes for passage. The move was targeted at reconciliation, a procedural move that Republicans hope to use to repeal Obamacare via a simple majority vote as Republicans have only a two-seat majority in the chamber.
Republicans blasted the amendment to the budget resolution, which sets spending and budgetary levels for the next decade.
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