Those votes were just to calm the rubes that still don't know the GOPe wants this healthcare bill.
We all know the only way to stop this monstrosity was to cut off the funding, the ones who had the power, refused to wield it.
They will however use the pretense to gather up some campaign money from those of foolish enough to believe the will undo it. Makes for some good campaign slogans as a bonus.
That’s a rationalization.
Given that the Senate would not vote to cut funding, the raw political power you dream about was simply not available.
I guess you mean refusing to raise the debt limit. that was done and it was a political disaster.
Politics is the art of the possible. Most of what you dream about was simply not possible because the political power was lacking. It appears that will change come November if delusional conservatives don’t cut off their noses to spite their faces and vote democrat to teach Republicans a lesson.