So Now They Want To Get Rid Of The Senate

[karynnj]

13. ACA was passed by the Senate with 60 votes the day before Christmas in 2009 the House passed as is

- not changing a comma. This was the FIRST bill Obama signed - and it was that bill that created the ACA.

What you are referring to is a smaller package that made some changes to ACA that the House wanted and it addressed student loans. That bill passed under reconciliation and amended a few details of the ACA. President Obama signed that bill in the same bill signing as the first one.

The Republicans spent years claiming we rammed the bill through under reconciliation after Scott Brown was elected to the MA seat that Kennedy vacated. ( It does show how important it was that Kerry led in calling on MA to amend its rules and appoint an interim Senator until the election happened. It was awkward as MA had changed the law from the governor appointing a Senator in 2004. Had Senator Kirk not been there for the votes in Nov/Dec of 2009, we would have been one short because the MA seat would have been vacant.)