Senate votes down healthcare reform repeal effort
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Fifty Senate Democrats and one independent rejected the GOP measure, which was sponsored by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky). However, the Senate did approve an amendment to eliminate the tax-reporting provision of the act for small businesses.
The House of Representatives Jan. 19 passed a bill to repeal PPACA. Since then, Rep. Jim Jorden (R-Ohio) and 175 other House Republicans have introduced HR 408, which proposes cutting $2.5 trillion in federal spending during the next 10 years by repealing or defunding a range of discretionary non-defense government programs.