Democrats using 2017 'Obamacare' vote as political weapon
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year ago Friday, Democrats sarcastically serenaded Republicans with chants of "Nah nah nah nah, hey hey, goodbye" as the GOP shoved legislation through the House scuttling the Obamacare health care law.
Now, Democrats battling to capture House and Senate control in November's elections are trying to weaponize that roll call, in which 217 Republicans voted yes. In Michigan, Arkansas and elsewhere, Democrats are hammering Republicans for voting to replace the increasingly popular statute with a bill Congress' own budget experts said would have boosted premiums and the ranks of the uninsured.
"Voters are very upset with the actions Republicans took" trying to repeal Obama's law, said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.