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<blockquote data-quote="gsalter" data-source="post: 1112317" data-attributes="member: 34876"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> <strong>From InsideUPS:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>'The truth of the matter is that the "Affordability Healthcare Act" is a BIPARTISAN effort that benefits BOTH sides of the political isle.'</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Affordability Healthcare Act</strong></span></span> <strong>Vote in the Senate</strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The bill then passed by a vote of 60–39 on December 24, 2009, with all Democrats and two Independents voting for, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>and all Republicans</strong> <strong>voting against </strong>except one Republican senator (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bunning" target="_blank">Jim Bunning</a>, R-Ky.) not voting<strong>.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Affordability Healthcare Act</strong></span></span> <strong>Vote in the House</strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The House passed the bill with a vote of 219 to 212 on March 21, 2010, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">with 219 Democrats voting for and </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">with 34 Democrats<strong> and</strong> <strong>all 178 Republicans voting against it</strong>. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The following day, Republicans introduced legislation to repeal the bill.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">That's hardly what I would call a <strong>BIPARTISAN</strong> effort. You may think it benefits both sides of the aisle but</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">there are at least 217 Republicans that would disagree with you. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#cite_note-USS_RC_2009-396-170" target="_blank">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong></strong></span></span><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gsalter, post: 1112317, member: 34876"] [FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana] [B]From InsideUPS: 'The truth of the matter is that the "Affordability Healthcare Act" is a BIPARTISAN effort that benefits BOTH sides of the political isle.' [/B][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][B]Affordability Healthcare Act[/B][/FONT][/FONT] [B]Vote in the Senate[/B] [FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana]The bill then passed by a vote of 60–39 on December 24, 2009, with all Democrats and two Independents voting for, [B]and all Republicans[/B] [B]voting against [/B]except one Republican senator ([URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bunning"]Jim Bunning[/URL], R-Ky.) not voting[B]. [/B][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][B][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][B]Affordability Healthcare Act[/B][/FONT][/FONT] [B]Vote in the House[/B][/B][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana]The House passed the bill with a vote of 219 to 212 on March 21, 2010, [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana]with 219 Democrats voting for and [/FONT][/FONT] with 34 Democrats[B] and[/B] [B]all 178 Republicans voting against it[/B]. [/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][FONT=Verdana]The following day, Republicans introduced legislation to repeal the bill. That's hardly what I would call a [B]BIPARTISAN[/B] effort. You may think it benefits both sides of the aisle but there are at least 217 Republicans that would disagree with you. [B][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#cite_note-USS_RC_2009-396-170]Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] [/B][/FONT][/FONT][LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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