I can't understand why any vote is necessary on a bill that our Constitution does not allow and that cannot be legally enforced. It seems to me that it should just be tossed out with no voting necessary.
Holding a vote in the Senate, in essence, signifies that the HC Bill has legal credibility, which it does not. And, for any Senator to vote to keep it would mean that they are openly breaking their pledge to uphold the Constitution, and are imposing illegal mandates on their constituents. In which case, they should be removed from office.
The ruling was by a federal district court. That means it has to go through the appeals process. Thus, the legislative act still has legal credibility. It was signed into law, remember.
I posted in a thread some days ago that a vote in Congress would be more symbolic that anything, but on further thought I’ve changed my mind. If anything is to be done now, it should be on both fronts. Voting to repeal, even if it doesn’t mount to a veto-proof majority, would send a clear message to the administration that he’s being challenged on both fronts. It would also send a clear message to the American people that two branches of our government are in agreement over the constitutionality of this legislative act.
Think of it like a slasher movie. Unless you shoot the slasher, behead him, and then set his corpse on fire you can be pretty sure he'll pop up again while the credits are rolling and claim at least one more victim, if not give rise to a whole 'nother sequel.