Throughout 2017, Republicans lost at least three votes from their side on every version of repeal.
For much of the debate Tuesday afternoon, no more than a dozen seats were occupied on the pro-repeal side of the House.
MR: Well, of course, the other side of the aisle wanting to repeal what they're calling "Obama-care" as soon as they gain power again is scary.
The only major amount of money spent by advocates of repeal was $25,000 from the A.C.L.U., and their side was outspent at least 6 to 1. Charlene Nelson, who headed the pro-repeal group Protect Our Privacy, said, "We were outnumbered, outgunned, outspent, but the people of North Dakota saw through it all, saw how important privacy was, and voted accordingly".
Talking points from each side often don't tell the whole story, so U.S. PIRG turned to the facts in our new report, The Cost of Repeal: Examining the Impact on Consumers and Small Businesses of Repealing the New Federal Health Care Law.
On the other side of the debate, Trump's failure to repeal DACA continues to generate complaints from advocates for reduced immigration.
Even today, the one-time GOP mantra of "repeal and replace" is now just "repeal".
Republicans have voted repeatedly to repeal the entire health care act and tucked aspects of repeal into other bills.
All coefficients for CLM in the year of repeal and in the three following years after the repeal are negative.
The Tenure of Office Act, passed by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson in 1867, was a thorn in the side of succeeding Presidents until it was finally repealed at the behest of President Grover Cleveland in 1887.
