WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats briefly turned the chamber’s subject to health care Wednesday, just four days after lawmakers’ nasty war over confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
And while Democrats lost the vote, they hope they’ve gained a message that will bolster their chances of winning Senate control in next month’s elections.
It was a near party-line vote.
The outcome was no surprise. Democrats say the effort will help them in November because health care remains a top concern for voters.
Trump has made it easier for people to buy short-term plans. Republicans say the policies provide a low-cost option that many people want.
The campaign ads should be writing themselves by now, right DNC?
Wait, wut? Where’s the rest of the story? What did Republicans vote yes on the Dems voted no on? Or is it the other way around? I can guess, of course, but that kind of defeats the purpose of, you know, news reporting …
100% the point. And its not just Heller and Cruz, its Gardner (R-CO), and Tillis (R-NC) and Ernst (R-IA) and in a little more of a stretch Daines (R-MT) and Purdue (R-GA) all up in 2020.
The Dems can run on this issue alone. Run ads with clips of Trump saying the Affordable Care Act was a jobs killer (not), and how he’d come up with something cheaper and better. And the paucity of these short term plans can be easily shown with some examples.
The vote was on overturning this: