Date: October 1, 2020

Subject: Blocking the Department of Justice from Working to Overturn Obamacare

Description: This bill, introduced by Democratic Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY), would block President Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) from continuing its ongoing fight to overturn Obamacare. The bill is in response to pending litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court, in which the DOJ, along with eighteen state Attorneys General, argue that Obamacare is unconstitutional because Congress reduced the law's individual mandate penalty to zero in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. The left is also using this measure as part of their unmerited political attack on Judge Amy Coney Barrett, whom President Trump nominated to the Supreme Court and is expected to hear the case. ACU has long opposed Obamacare and its heavy-handed mandates which have led to skyrocketing health care costs, and supports providing consumers with more affordable health care by permitting them to select the health plans that best suit their needs. Senator Harris (D-CA), the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, was absent but recorded as opposing the ACU position due to her public statements.

Result: Cloture Motion Rejected, 51-43

Democrat: 44 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Not voting
Republican: 6 Yeas, 43 Nays, 4 Not voting
Independent: 2 Yeas, 0 Nays, 0 Not voting

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