After Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) filled the seat left vacant by the late Sen. John McCain, Alabama’s Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) is the deciding vote keeping Obamacare in place.
As reported by the Associated Press, Kyl would have backed the effective-repeal measure that McCain famously opposed – which ultimately sank the effort by a 49-51 margin because Vice President Mike Pence would break a 50-50 tie in favor of repeal.
Then-Senator Luther Strange (R-AL) voted for repealing Obamacare, but now that Jones was elected over Roy Moore last year, Republicans in the Senate still are one vote short with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) continuing to side with the Democrats on the issue.
In 2017, Jones said, “Repeal and replace is a political slogan. It’s not something that’s workable.”
He also noted, in the same media availability last year, that “our health care system” is “really broken.”
Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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