{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=345823", "Crapo And Risch Vote Against Obamacare\u2014Again", "2013-09-27", "2013", "2013-09", "Republican", "House", "ID", "Michael Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "September 27, 2013\n\t\t\t Crapo And Risch Vote Against Obamacare\u00e2??Again \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Senators support Obamacare defunding; Reject majority leader\u00e2??s efforts to strip defunding from bill \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. - Today, Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch voted against cloture on the House-passed Continuing Resolution (CR), saying they disagree with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nevada) intended procedural motion to strike provisions defunding Obamacare from the bill.\u00a0 Crapo and Risch signed a letter led by Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) vowing to stop Obamacare from being funded.\u00a0\r\n\"Before the enactment of Obamacare, I was deeply concerned about the damage this legislation would inflict upon family incomes, jobs, and health care prices,\" Crapo said.\u00a0 \"Since passage, I have been committed to delaying, defunding and repealing this damaging law.\u00a0 The U.S. House of Representatives has done its job of passing a government funding bill that keeps the government open and gives Idaho families much-needed relief by defunding Obamacare, but I cannot support the legislative maneuvers by the Majority Leader that ensure funding for Obamacare continues.\u00a0 The health care law has shown itself increasingly unworkable and unpopular with the public by raising costs, reducing health care choices for consumers and damaging the economy.\"\r\n\"Every day we see more and more problems associated with Obamacare and its implementation and it is increasingly clear this law is wrong for America,\" Risch said.\u00a0 \"Today I have voted once again, as I have since the beginning and each step of the way, to defund this abomination before it inflicts even greater pain on Idahoans.\"\r\nFollowing Cloture being invoked, the Senate voted on the amendment to remove the Obamacare defunding language.\u00a0 Crapo and Risch, along with all of their Republican colleagues voted against this amendment.\u00a0\r\nCrapo added, \"Idahoans, and people all across the United States, are communicating loudly and clearly that they do not support Obamacare.\u00a0 Five votes are all that were needed today to maintain the defunding language that the House sent to the Senate.\u00a0 While our efforts were not successful today, I will continue fighting to replace this law with workable, patient-centered, affordable health care legislation.\"\r\nMonday, the majority leader of the Senate filed Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the House-passed CR.\u00a0 Wednesday, the Senate voted to cut off debate on the Motion to Proceed with a vote of 100-0.\u00a0 Wednesday evening, upon the Senate immediately agreeing to proceed to the resolution, the majority leader filed cloture on the underlying bill, blocking colleagues from filing amendments.\u00a0 Today, the Senate voted on cloture on the CR, which was agreed to with a vote of 79-19.\u00a0 Immediately following cloture being invoked, the Senate voted on the Majority Leader's amendment to remove the Obamacare defunding provision, which was agreed to 54-44.\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=345823"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.169418916106224, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}