Daines said he would continue to fight to repeal the Affordable Care Act
Continue fighting to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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I'll continue fighting to repeal this failed law and replace it with Montana-driven solutions that put patients and their doctors, not federal bureaucrats, back in charge of healthcare decisions.
Evidence
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Daines announced he had joined colleagues in introducing legislation to fully repeal Obamacare and said, "I'll continue fighting to repeal this failed law."
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Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3762 As Amended). Vote Result: Bill Passed. Daines (R-MT), Yea.
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 3762 as "Vetoed by President" and "Failed to pass over veto."
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Question: On the Amendment (McConnell Amdt. No. 667). Vote Result: Amendment Rejected. Daines (R-MT), Yea.
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Daines said he voted for the Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; his office listed among highlights: "Eliminates the poverty tax: Obamacare's individual mandate."
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Daines said he had joined colleagues in introducing legislation to fully repeal Obamacare and vowed he would continue fighting to repeal the law.
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On passage of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, Daines voted Yea; the Senate passed the bill 52-47.
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Daines voted Yea on McConnell Amendment 667 to H.R. 1628, an ACA-repeal amendment to the American Health Care Act; the amendment was rejected 49-51.
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Daines's office said the tax package eliminated Obamacare's individual-mandate penalty, calling it the 'poverty tax.'
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Daines urged House leaders to include repeal of the ACA individual mandate in H.R. 1 and said he had introduced the Repeal and Refund Act to retroactively repeal the mandate.
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The Senate roll call for H.R. 1 shows the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed 51-49, with Daines voting Yea.
Assessments
The promise was framed as continuing to fight for ACA repeal, not guaranteeing full repeal. During the same Senate term, Daines joined repeal legislation, voted for H.R. 3762, supported failed 2017 ACA-repeal amendments, urged inclusion of individual-mandate repeal in tax legislation, and voted for the 2017 tax bill that enacted repeal of the individual-mandate penalty. Full ACA repeal did not occur, but the promised continued fight and a concrete ACA repeal component were delivered in office.
The promise was effort-based: to continue fighting to repeal the Affordable Care Act, not necessarily to complete full repeal. In office, Daines joined and backed repeal legislation in 2015, voted for the Senate-passed H.R. 3762 repeal bill, supported the 2017 McConnell ACA-repeal amendment, and backed the tax bill provision eliminating the ACA individual-mandate penalty. Those are concrete, sustained repeal-related actions during his Senate term, so the promise to keep fighting was fulfilled even though full ACA repeal did not become law.
The promise was framed as continuing to fight for ACA repeal, not necessarily securing full repeal. During the same Senate term, Daines joined full-repeal legislation, voted for the 2015 ACA repeal reconciliation bill that passed Congress but was vetoed, supported the 2017 Health Care Freedom Act amendment, and backed tax legislation that eliminated the ACA individual mandate penalty. Full ACA repeal was not enacted, but the promised continued federal legislative fight was clearly carried out, with one partial repeal component becoming law.
The promise was framed as an effort commitment to continue fighting for ACA repeal, not as a guarantee that full repeal would become law. During the same Senate term, Daines joined full-repeal legislation, voted for the 2015 ACA repeal reconciliation bill, supported the 2017 Health Care Freedom Act repeal amendment, and backed tax legislation that eliminated the ACA individual mandate penalty. Full ACA repeal did not occur, but the promised continued fight was carried out through concrete legislative action.