The push by Senate Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed in the Senate. It should come as no surprise that the vote was strictly along party lines.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was determined to bring the repeal to the Floor of the Senate for a vote. In order to bring the repeal vote to the Floor, Sen. McConnell submitted the repeal motion as an amendment to a currently pending Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill.
Initially the Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had promised to block any Republican effort to bring the repeal bill to the Floor. However, after Republicans agreed not to filibuster the FAA bill, the Majority Leader agreed to allow the vote.
Noting that Republicans have made health care "repeal and replace" an important part of their agenda, Reid said.
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