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W_HAMILTON

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21. The ACA was NOT passed through reconciliation.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 12:47 PM

11 hrs ago

It was passed in the Senate under regular order, by a vote of 60-39 on December 24, 2009. Later, after Democrats lost their supermajority in the Senate, the House passed the Senate bill and then passed a second bill that implemented a few modest increases to subsidy levels and taxes. None of them were critical to the overall bill, but the Senate agreed to support these changes. These small, nonessential adjustments are the only part of Obamacare that was passed via reconciliation.

Taken from: https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/01/obamacare-was-not-passed-reconciliation/

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That jumped out at me as well. Solly Mack Thursday #6

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These people are pure fucking evil. I'm seriously dreading what's going to happen. Initech 11 hrs ago #22

And then watch the price of goods go sky high sakabatou 11 hrs ago #23

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Remember when Biden crafted that border security bill Blue_Tires 5 hrs ago #28

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Let's use Texas and Florida as test states. For one year. Then analyze their economies. mjvpi 4 hrs ago #31