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As the new Trump administration and Congress came to power in early 2017, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare law better known as Obamacare, was targeted for dismantling. AARP vigorously opposed the effort, noting that the proposed replacement included an “age tax” that could have added as much as $13,000 a year to health insurance costs for older Americans. It also would have discriminated against people who already had health conditions like cancer or diabetes.
In the end, the ACA survived but narrowly. Since then, the Trump administration has chipped away at the ACA through regulatory action the administration.
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To remind yourself how your lawmakers voted, we’ve compiled a list of how the House narrowly voted to repeal the ACA and how by a razor-thin margin, the Senate defeated a bill to dismantle the ACA.
U.S. House of Representatives
On May 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act by the razor-thin margin of 217-213. Those voting “yes” were voting to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Senate did not adopt this legislation, so it never became law. Here’s how House members voted:
Voted Yes
Alaska
AK-1 Don Young
Alabama
AL-1 Bradley Byrne
AL-2 Martha Roby
AL-3 Mike D. Rogers
AL-4 Robert B. Aderholt
AL-5 Mo Brooks
AL-6 Gary Palmer
Arkansas
AR-1 Rick Crawford
AR-2 French Hill
AR-3 Steve Womack
AR-4 Bruce Westerman
Arizona
AZ-2 Martha E. McSally
AZ-4 Paul Gosar
AZ-6 David Schweikert
AZ-8 Trent Franks
California
CA-1 Doug LaMalfa
CA-4 Tom McClintock
CA-8 Paul Cook
CA-10 Jeff Denham
CA-21 David Valadao
CA-22 Devin Nunes
CA-23 Kevin McCarthy
CA-25 Steve Knight
CA-39 Ed Royce
CA-42 Ken Calvert
CA-45 Mimi Walters
CA-48 Dana Rohrabacher
CA-49 Darrell Issa
CA-50 Duncan Hunter
Colorado
CO-3 Scott Tipton
CO-4 Ken Buck
CO-5 Doug Lamborn
Florida
FL-1 Matt Gaetz
FL-2 Neal Dunn
FL-3 Ted Yoho
FL-4 John Rutherford
FL-6 Ron DeSantis
FL-8 Bill Posey
FL-11 Daniel Webster
FL-12 Gus Bilirakis
FL-15 Dennis A. Ross
FL-16 Vern Buchanan
FL-17 Tom Rooney
FL-18 Brian Mast
FL-19 Francis Rooney
FL-25 Mario Diaz-Balart
FL-26 Carlos Curbelo
Georgia
GA-1 Earl L. “Buddy” Carter
GA-3 Drew Ferguson
GA-7 Rob Woodall
GA-8 Austin Scott
GA-9 Doug Collins
GA-10 Jody B. Hice
GA-11 Barry Loudermilk
GA-12 Rick W. Allen
GA-14 Tom Graves
Iowa
IA-1 Rod Blum
IA-3 David Young
IA-4 Steve King
Idaho
ID-1 Raúl R. Labrador
ID-2 Mike Simpson
Illinois
IL-6 Peter Roskam
IL-12 Mike Bost
IL-13 Rodney Davis
IL-14 Randy Hultgren
IL-15 John Shimkus
IL-16 Adam Kinzinger
IL-18 Darin M. LaHood
Indiana
IN-2 Jackie Walorski
IN-3 Jim Banks
IN-4 Todd Rokita
IN-5 Susan W. Brooks
IN-6 Luke Messer
IN-8 Larry Bucshon
IN-9 Trey Hollingsworth
Kansas
KS-1 Roger Marshall
KS-2 Lynn Jenkins
KS-3 Kevin Yoder
KS-4 Ron Estes
Kentucky
KY-1 James Comer
KY-2 Brett Guthrie
KY-5 Harold Rogers
KY-6 Andy Barr
Louisiana
LA-1 Steve Scalise
LA-3 Clay Higgins
LA-4 Mike Johnson
LA-5 Ralph Abraham
LA-6 Garret Graves
Maryland
MD-1 Andy Harris
Maine
ME-2 Bruce Poliquin
Michigan
MI-1 Jack Bergman
MI-2 Bill Huizenga
MI-3 Justin Amash
MI-4 John Moolenaar
MI-6 Fred Upton
MI-7 Tim Walberg
MI-8 Mike Bishop
MI-10 Paul Mitchell
MI-11 Dave Trott
Minnesota
MN-2 Jason Lewis
MN-3 Erik Paulsen
MN-6 Tom Emmer
Missouri
MO-2 Ann Wagner
MO-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO-4 Vicky Hartzler
MO-6 Sam Graves
MO-7 Billy Long
MO-8 Jason Smith
Mississippi
MS-1 Trent Kelly
MS-3 Gregg Harper
MS-4 Steven M. Palazzo
Nebraska
NE-1 Jeff Fortenberry
NE-2 Don Bacon
NE-3 Adrian Smith
Nevada
NV-2 Mark Amodei
New Jersey
NJ-3 Tom MacArthur
NJ-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen
New Mexico
NM-2 Steve Pearce
New York
NY-1 Lee Zeldin
NY-2 Peter T. King
NY-19 John J. Faso
NY-21 Elise Stefanik
NY-22 Claudia Tenney
NY-23 Tom Reed
NY-27 Chris Collins
North Carolina
NC-2 George Holding
NC-5 Virginia Foxx
NC-6 Mark Walker
NC-7 David Rouzer
NC-8 Richard Hudson
NC-9 Robert Pittenger
NC-10 Patrick T. McHenry
NC-11 Mark Meadows
NC-13 Ted Budd
North Dakota
ND-1 Kevin Cramer
Ohio
OH-1 Steve Chabot
OH-2 Brad Wenstrup
OH-4 Jim Jordan
OH-5 Bob Latta
OH-6 Bill Johnson
OH-7 Bob Gibbs
OH-8 Warren Davidson
OH-12 Pat Tiberi
OH-15 Steve Stivers
OH-16 James B. Renacci
Oklahoma
OK-1 Jim Bridenstine
OK-2 Markwayne Mullin
OK-3 Frank D. Lucas
OK-4 Tom Cole
OK-5 Steve Russell
Oregon
OR-2 Greg Walden
Pennsylvania
PA-3 Mike Kelly
PA-4 Scott Perry
PA-5 Glenn Thompson
PA-9 Bill Shuster
PA-10 Tom Marino
PA-11 Lou Barletta
PA-12 Keith Rothfus
PA-16 Lloyd K. Smucker
PA-18 Tim Murphy
South Carolina
SC-1 Mark Sanford
SC-2 Joe Wilson
SC-3 Jeff Duncan
SC-4 Trey Gowdy
SC-7 Tom Rice
South Dakota
SD-1 Kristi Noem
Tennessee
TN-1 Phil Roe
TN-2 John J. Duncan Jr.
TN-3 Chuck Fleischmann
TN-4 Scott DesJarlais
TN-6 Diane Black
TN-7 Marsha Blackburn
TN-8 David Kustoff
Texas
TX-1 Louie Gohmert
TX-2 Ted Poe
TX-3 Sam Johnson
TX-4 John Ratcliffe
TX-5 Jeb Hensarling
TX-6 Joe L. Barton
TX-7 John Culberson
TX-8 Kevin Brady
TX-10 Michael McCaul
TX-11 K. Michael Conaway
TX-12 Kay Granger
TX-13 Mac Thornberry
TX-14 Randy Weber
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