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Senate passes PPACA repeal

The U.S. Senate finally approved a bill to gut central portions of the landmark health law.

By Jack Craver | Updated on December 04, 2015
Photo: AP

For the first time since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed five-and-a-half years ago, and after dozens of symbolic repeal votes passed the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate finally approved a bill to gut central portions of the landmark health law. 

The bill passed 52-47, with all but two Republicans voting in favor and all Democrats against. The two dissenting Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mark Kirk of Illinois, cited a provision of the bill that strips federal funding from Planned Parenthood for their opposition. Another Republican who generally supports abortion rights, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, ended up voting for the bill after much speculation that she would also defect. 

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