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28 senators who voted for Obamacare and won't be part of new Senate
Washington Examiner ^ | Philip Klein

Posted on 11/05/2014 2:46:01 PM PST by right-wing agnostic

On Dec. 24, 2009, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed President Obama’s healthcare law with a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority, triggering a massive backlash that propelled Republicans to control of the House the following year. On the Senate side, going into Tuesday’s elections, 24 senators who voted for Obamacare were already out or not going be part of the new Senate being sworn in on January.

To be sure, it isn’t fair to attribute all of the turnover in the chamber to Obamacare. Many senators voted for Obamacare and lost re-election battles in which they were hit hard for their support for the law, and other Democrats were forced to retire because they had no hope of getting re-elected given their support for the law. But in some cases — such as John Kerry leaving his seat to become secretary of state, or Robert Byrd passing away — Obamacare clearly had nothing to do with it.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: democraticparty; obamacare; politicalcarnage; ussenate
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To: lulu16

Lots of MARKS got Marked for DEFEAT!!!


21 posted on 11/05/2014 3:23:56 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: right-wing agnostic

Of the 60 Democrat Senators who voted for Obamacare, only 31 remain today:

Bennet (CO), Boxer (CA), Brown (OH), Cantwell (WA), Cardin (MD), Carper (DE), Casey (PA), Durbin (IL), Feinstein (CA), Franken (MN), Gillibrand (NY), Kaufman (DE), Klobuchar (MN), Leahy (VT), McCaskill (MO), Menendez (NJ), Merkley (OR), Mikulski (MD), Murray (WA), Nelson (FL), Reid (NV), Reed (RI), Sanders (VT), Schumer (NY), Shaheen (NH), Stabenow (MI), Tester (MT), Udall (NM), Warner (VA), Whitehouse (RI) and Wyden (OR).

That is because 28 Senators who voted for Obamacare either lost their re-election, retired, or they died:
1.Akaka (2013)
2.Baucus (Ambassador – China)
3.Bayh (2011)
4.Begich (2014)
5.Bingaman (2013)
6.Burris (2010)
7.Byrd (dead)
8.Conrad (2013)
9.Dodd (2010)
10.Dorgan (2011)
11.Feingold (2010)
12.Hagan (2014)
13.Harkin (Retire – 2015)
14.Inouye (dead)
15.Johnson (2014)
16.Kerry (SOS 2014)
17.Kirk (2010)
18.Kohl (2013)
19.Landrieu (2014)
20.Lautenberg (2012)
21.Levin (Retire – 2015)
22.Leiberman (2012)
23.Lincoln (2011)
24.Pryor (2014)
25.Rockefeller (2014)
26.Specter (2012)
27.Udall (2014)
28.Webb (2013)

With only 31 Senators remaining who have approved and voted affirmatively for the 2009 ObamaCare construct – this means there are 69 Senators who either: A) did not vote for Obamacare (they were not in office), or, B) who voted “NO” in opposition to Obamacare.

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/11/05/december-24th-2009-the-government-took-over-your-healthcare/#more-91723


22 posted on 11/05/2014 3:25:35 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Steely Tom

LOL Yes! I like that very much.


23 posted on 11/05/2014 3:32:32 PM PST by taxcontrol
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To: right-wing agnostic

Pelosi; “You have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it.”
American people; “You pass the bill, we finally find out what’s in it, and your history.”


24 posted on 11/05/2014 3:42:41 PM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: right-wing agnostic

Good. They rammed it through. It needs to be repealed. Totally.


25 posted on 11/05/2014 4:00:57 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: taxcontrol

“so tied together that the use of the phrase “third rail” would not easily be converted or stretched to mean nationalized health care.”

Well, Medicare which people are forced onto, is nationalized health care for people over 65.


26 posted on 11/05/2014 4:01:35 PM PST by babygene
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To: a fool in paradise

Good point. Mary Jo never had a chance thanks to Teddy.


27 posted on 11/05/2014 4:02:17 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: MNDude
and I believe a third of them have not been up for reelection yet also!

No. The last of them that were elected in 08 were up this year.

28 posted on 11/05/2014 4:06:58 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: right-wing agnostic

As I posted last night, the election was an election vs. the Extortion-Care lobby sewer.

The Extortion-Care sewer pipeline is currently entrenched right into the market. If the pipeline is not severed by Exempting all people, then the next president will be another deceiving democrat.


29 posted on 11/05/2014 4:19:07 PM PST by Varsity Flight (Extortion-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager)
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To: b4its2late

“Good point. Mary Jo never had a chance thanks to Teddy.”

It was July 18 of nineteen and sixty nine. Another warm summertime and everyone was doing fine...

...The day that Mary Jo Kopechne went off the Chappaquiddick bridge.


30 posted on 11/05/2014 4:29:22 PM PST by babygene
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To: Starstruck

Ok, you’re right.


31 posted on 11/05/2014 4:37:42 PM PST by MNDude
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To: MNDude

But almost half of the Senators who voted for it are gone. That indicates what America thinks about ObolaCare.


32 posted on 11/05/2014 4:50:22 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: right-wing agnostic

It’s progress but some of the nastiest pieces of filth are still around, such as Chucky, Dingy Harry and Turban Durbin.


33 posted on 11/05/2014 7:49:55 PM PST by Newtoidaho
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To: combat_boots

And leftards in my home state still brought back Weird Al Franken...

sigh


34 posted on 11/06/2014 6:49:13 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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