• Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    If I remember right, the Affordable Care Act passed the Senate 60-39 along party lines on December 24, 2009, and passed the House 219-212. That’s really ragged edge stuff. Universal healthcre was considered, but too many votes would have been lost to pass a resolution which incorporated it. They did what they could.

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      11 months ago

      Lieberman specifically tanked the public option piece. That would’ve been a strong step towards single payer but we were one vote short.