Rep. Steve King (R-IA) marked House Republicans’ health bill Thursday by inviting former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to the House floor to vote on it with him.
King and Bachman introduced an Obamacare repeal bill together in 2011, just months after then-President Barack Obama signed the measure.
Though the House bill as it stands has little chance of surviving the Senate — indeed, the Washington Examiner reported Thursday the Senate will write its own, new bill — King thought the moment worthy of celebration.
Michele Bachmann & I wrote the first ObamaCare repeal bills 7 years ago. Her finger joined mine today to push my vote button to dismantle.
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) May 4, 2017
Before the repeal, the Washington Post’s Paul Kane reported spotting the former congresswoman on the House floor. Bachmann bid her farewell to the chamber in 2014.
