DesideriScuri -> RE: Trump, not Congress, will re-write ObamaCare (1/14/2017 9:20:20 AM)
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ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1 Perhaps you should tell Wiki and a few other sites who make this quote. [8|] Okay, so you two are having a spat about wording. The Senate passed their version of a bill on 12/24/2009, while they had 60 votes (58 D's and 2 I's) they could count on. Sen. Kennedy had passed the previous September, so there was a placeholder until an election could be run for his replacement. In January 2010, Scott Brown won the election for the late Sen. Kennedy's seat, giving the GOP 41 Senate seats, ensuring they could block any legislation requiring the full 60 aye votes. But, since the House and Senate passed two different versions, there wasn't a mutually agreed upon version to send to the President (the House requires only a simple majority to pass legislation). The President and Democrats got together and decided the House would hold a vote to pass the Senate's version, so as to not require another vote in the Senate. That passed 219-212 (34 D's voted against). No Republican Senator or Representative voted in favor of the PPACA. So, the main issue with passage of Obamacare was the 12/24/2009 vote for passage in the Senate. The House didn't vote on passage of the Senate version until March 21, 2010, and the President signed it into law 2 days later. So, yes, it was enacted on 3/23/2010, but the claim of passage on Christmas Eve was correct, but the claim of "middle of the night" was incorrect (the vote started at 7:05am). For all intents and purposes, the Senate's vote on Christmas Eve 2009 was the main hurdle, though, technically, the PPACA wasn't enacted until 3/2010.
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