Blocking the Department of Justice from Working to Overturn Obamacare

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This bill, introduced by Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY, ACUF Lifetime 5%), would block President Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) from continuing its ongoing fight to overturn Obamacare (also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). The bill is in response to pending litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court, in which the DOJ, along with eighteen state attorneys general, argue that Obamacare is unconstitutional because Congress reduced the law’s “individual mandate” penalty to zero in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. The Left is also using this measure as part of their unmerited political attack on Judge Amy Coney Barrett, whom President Trump nominated to the Supreme Court and is expected to hear the case. ACU has long opposed Obamacare and its heavy-handed mandates which have led to skyrocketing health care costs, supports providing consumers with more affordable health care by permitting them to select the health plans that best suit their needs and opposed this bill. Fortunately, the Senate defeated the bill on October 1, 2020 by a vote of 51-43. (A three-fifths majority vote, or 60 votes were required and a “no” vote supported the ACU position. Senator Harris [D-CA, ACUF Lifetime 4%], the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, was absent but recorded as opposing the ACU position due to her public statements.)