{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-icymi-sens-paul-lee-and-cruz-will-oppose-obamacare-lite/", "ICYMI: Sens. Paul, Lee, and Cruz Will Oppose \u2018Obamacare Lite\u2019", "2017-02-28", "2017", "2017-02", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Last night, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul was joined by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) in taking a firm, public stand to declare they would accept nothing less than full repeal of Obamacare.\n\nIn the following, coordinated tweets, the senators put those who would push \u201cObamacare Lite\u201d on notice that they will not vote for any such plans.\n\n\u201cCongress must keep its word. We were elected to fully repeal and replace Obamacare, and that\u2019s the only thing I will vote for,\u201d said Sen. Paul. \u201cThe legislation brought to the Senate floor must at least match the standard set by the 2015 repeal bill that both chambers of Congress passed.\u201d\n\nThe senators\u2019 stand, coupled with that of members of the U.S. House Freedom Caucus and Republican Study Committee, demonstrates that conservatives will not lie down and just accept anything under the banner of repealing Obamacare.\n\nIn addition, Senator Paul and the U.S. House Freedom Caucus have united to put forward a substantive, free-market based Obamacare Replacement Act, which they are urging Congress to vote on at the same time as repeal.\n\nYou can find a one-page summary of S. 222, Dr. Paul\u2019s Obamacare Replacement Act, HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T21:24:24Z"]], "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.paul.senate.gov/news-icymi-sens-paul-lee-and-cruz-will-oppose-obamacare-lite/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1735358275473118, "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"}