However much the president may try to stop the bill, his power to do so is limited as 2016 rolls around. This is exactly what Senate Republicans are trying to demonstrate to voters: once Obama is out and Republican is in the White House, then bills such as this will easily pass into law without any obstruction.
“By voting to nullify Obamacare — the signature domestic accomplishment of the Obama administration — GOP congressional leaders fulfilled a longtime pledge to voters and rank-and-file members to get a repeal to President Barack Obama’s desk, even though he will veto it.
Republican leaders also want to send an unmistakable message to voters: If you elect a GOP president next year and keep the them in charge of Congress, Obamacare will go.
‘It demonstrates that if you have a president prepared to support health care reform, it could pass next time,’ said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act who insisted this was not a show vote just because the President will veto the bill. ‘If this vote occurred after the next presidential election, instead of vetoing it the President would sign it. This would force a bipartisan reevaluation of health care in America and put us in a position to make major changes.’
The bill would also cut off federal funding to Planned Parenthood, the women’s health group that provides abortions and has long under GOP scrutiny. Republicans’ passions to cutoff taxpayer dollars to the organization increased in recent months when videos were released that purported to show Planned Parenthood executives selling the tissue of aborted fetuses to researchers.”
Source: CNN
Donald Trump for President
They need to cut the military budget NOT women’s health budget. This c**p they are pulling, is going to bite them in the ass.