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To: Kickass Conservative

“Obamacare passed with a simple Majority”

Nope.

“On December 23, the Senate voted 60–39 to end debate on the bill: a cloture vote to end the filibuster. The bill then passed, also 60–39, on December 24, 2009, with all Democrats and two independents voting for it, and all Republicans against”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act

Only an amendment was passed through reconciliation.


253 posted on 03/25/2017 3:02:13 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: Helicondelta

Thanks for the correction.


273 posted on 03/25/2017 3:37:14 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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