Obamacare must be repealed.

Obamacare must be repealed. Period.

The candidate commits to repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Issues – Clay Higgins
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

The campaign issues page says, 'OBAMACARE MUST BE REPEALED' and 'Obamacare must be repealed. Period.'

This is the underlying promise: Higgins publicly committed to repealing Obamacare.

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Issues – Clay Higgins
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Higgins' official office announced a 'replacement law' for Obamacare and invited the public to review the first draft.

He advanced a concrete repeal-and-replace effort in office, but this was only an announcement of a draft, not repeal itself.

partial same_term A for effort

Congress Announces Replacement Law for Obamacare - Congressman Clay Higgins
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 1628 passed the House by recorded vote 217-213 on Roll No. 256, but the bill's latest action remained in the Senate and it was not enacted.

Higgins backed a real repeal attempt, but the repeal bill did not become law.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.1628 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): American Health Care Act of 2017 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

Higgins wrote that he 'supported the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare in 2017' and that 'that effort fell short in the Senate.'

His own office says the repeal effort failed in the Senate and was never completed.

never same_term A for effort

Higgins: Republicans are Working to Lower Costs, Improve Health Care - Congressman Clay Higgins
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HealthCare.gov says the Affordable Care Act was enacted on March 23, 2010 and provides the full law text.

As of the research date, the ACA remains an enacted federal law, so Higgins' repeal promise was not fulfilled.

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Read the Affordable Care Act, Health Care Law | HealthCare.gov
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The campaign issues page has a section titled "OBAMACARE MUST BE REPEALED" and says, "Obamacare must be repealed. Period."

Higgins made an explicit campaign promise to repeal Obamacare before entering Congress.

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Issues – Clay Higgins
campaign · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

Higgins wrote: "I supported the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare in 2017. Though that effort fell short in the Senate..."

Higgins' own office acknowledged that he supported the 2017 repeal-and-replace effort, but that the effort failed in the Senate.

never same_term A for effort

Higgins: Republicans are Working to Lower Costs, Improve Health Care - Congressman Clay Higgins
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The House Clerk lists Roll Call 256 on H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act, as passed 217-213; Higgins (LA), Republican, Louisiana, voted Aye.

Higgins cast a concrete vote to pass the House Republican Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill, showing real effort during his first term.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 256 | Bill Number: H.R. 1628 | American Health Care Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

Congress.gov shows H.R. 1628 as the American Health Care Act of 2017. It passed the House 217-213 on Roll No. 256, but its status is only "Passed House" and the latest action was in the Senate.

The main 2017 repeal-and-replace bill advanced through the House but did not become law, so Obamacare was not repealed.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.1628 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): American Health Care Act of 2017 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

The Senate vote on McConnell Amendment No. 667 to H.R. 1628 recorded "Vote Result: Amendment Rejected" with 49 yeas and 51 nays.

A key Senate repeal amendment tied to H.R. 1628 failed, confirming that the 2017 repeal push did not complete enactment.

never same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 115th Congress - 1st Session, Vote 179
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Congress.gov says S.Amdt.667 amended H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, and that the amendment was "not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 51."

Congress.gov independently confirms the Senate defeat of a 2017 amendment to the House Obamacare repeal vehicle.

never same_term A for effort

S.Amdt.667 to S.Amdt.267 to H.R.1628
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

Congress.gov says H.R. 1 became Public Law No. 115-97 and that Section 11081 repealed the penalty for failing to maintain minimum essential health coverage, commonly referred to as the individual mandate.

Republicans enacted a partial ACA-related change by eliminating the individual mandate penalty, but this was not a full repeal of Obamacare.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1 - 115th Congress: Public Law No. 115-97
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

HealthCare.gov says the public can read the Affordable Care Act enacted on March 23, 2010, and lists the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act as the law's two parts.

The federal government still presents the ACA as operative law, which is inconsistent with the promise being fulfilled by repeal.

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Read the Affordable Care Act, Health Care Law | HealthCare.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

GovInfo identifies Public Law 111-148 as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, approved March 23, 2010.

The official public-law record establishes the ACA as enacted federal law; no cited repeal law replaced that status during Higgins' term.

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Public Law 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%