From Left: (Top Row) U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander, Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins, Dean Heller (Bottom Row) John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Rob Portman.

The U.S. Senate is currently debating the Republican health care bill, and several amendments are under consideration to improve upon it. U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) offered an amendment that proposed a partial repeal Obamacare instead of just tweaking it. Senate rules prohibited a complete repeal. The amendment was a clean repeal would have forced a bipartisan solution during a two-year transition period before it when into effect.

Republicans have promised repeal for years, and most Republican Senators campaigned on and voted on several times while President Obama was in office.

The measure failed 45 to 55 in a Republican majority Senate on Wednesday afternoon. Nine Republican Senators voted no. Here are the Senators who voted no.

  1. U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
  2. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia)
  3. U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine)
  4. U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-Nevada)
  5. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)
  6. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
  7. U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

Heller is up for reelection in 2018.  Alexander, Capito, Collins are not up for reelection until 2020. Portman and Murkowski are not up for reelection until 2022.  McCain just discovered he has glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, is unlikely to finish his term which ends in 2022.

You May Also Like

Rainbows and Unicorns

The April Fools Day video from the National Republican Senatorial Committee cracked…

Updated: Chris Daggett: Sarah is Right, I’m Wrong, Also Palin Involved in VA Gov. Race

Bumped up, update below. 11/1/09 – Apparently third party candidate in the…

Blum Backs Effort to End Travel Perks for Congress

Congressman Rod Blum (R-IA) is Republican lead on Congresswoman Gwen Graham’s (D-FL) bill to eliminate taxpayer-funded travel perks for members of Congress.

In Light of the Boston Marathon Bombing We Must Maintain Liberty

In light of the Boston Marathon Bombing it is tempting for some to give up more personal liberty in exchange for safety, we must resist.