Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Nope, no GOP votes for ACA Date:   8/3/2018 12:16:27 PM

Actually on this topic they are completely correct.  Not one Republican voted for the ACA.  If you recall the history it is kind of interesting.  At the time it was proposed Democrats had a filibuster proof majority in the Senate and controlled the House (which only needs a majority to pass laws).  Then the lion of the Senate Chappaquidick Ted went to his eternal reward and Scott Brown won his seat.  Knowing that they would lose their filibuster-proof majority they passed the law as written before Brown could be seated (by delaying his swearing in ceremony). 

That's why the ACA doesn't have typical severability language and why if any portion of the law is vacated the whole thing is kaput.  But if you don't believe us by all means look it up.  There was a lot of negative press about no GOP votes in the House and Senate for ACA.  That was because it was going to be a disaster and they didn't want their fingerprints on it.  And judging from the decimation of Dem controlled seats at all levels of government afterward they made the right choice.