GOP attempt to block funding for DC's individual mandate fails in Senate
A Republican attempt to include a provision in a government funding bill that would block the District of Columbia from using money to implement its own individual health-care mandate failed in the Senate on Wednesday.
Senators voted 54-44 to table the amendment from GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas). The vote effectively pigeonholes the proposal with the Senate poised to pass the larger funding bill on Wednesday.
"If you vote to table this amendment, you are voting to raise taxes on low-income D.C. residents who are struggling to make ends meet," Cruz said ahead of the vote.
Cruz and GOP Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), Mike Lee (Utah), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.) and Marco Rubio (Fla.) introduced the amendment to the funding bill, which includes money for the departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Interior, Housing and Urban Development, and financial services.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/399899-gop-attempt-to-block-funding-for-dcs-individual-mandate-fails-in
Bill Maher called these guys out right
