Five Democrats side with Republicans to repeal Obamacare

Fred O'Malley · July 11th, 2012

The vote, 244 to 185 with no Republicans voting against a repeal, was mostly symbolic, given that House Republicans have orchestrated at least 30 prior votes to fully or partially kill or defund the president's health care law. All passing efforts have died in the Democratic-controlled Senate and Wednesday's legislation will befall the same fate. But the vote did offer politically-vulnerable members a new opportunity to take sides on the president's health care law.

MORE: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/f...201854863.html

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Fred O'Malley Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Jewnited Snakes of Amnesia Posts: 13,622	Five Democrats side with Republicans to repeal Obamacare The vote, 244 to 185 with no Republicans voting against a repeal, was mostly symbolic, given that House Republicans have orchestrated at least 30 prior votes to fully or partially kill or defund the president's health care law. All passing efforts have died in the Democratic-controlled Senate and Wednesday's legislation will befall the same fate. But the vote did offer politically-vulnerable members a new opportunity to take sides on the president's health care law. MORE: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/f...201854863.html

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