Bingaman and Udall with Reid and Pelosi on Obamacare

Jeff Bingaman

With the vote to repeal Obamacare passing overwhelmingly in the U.S. House of Representatives without the support of New Mexico House members Martin Heinrich or Ben Ray Lujan, attention shifts to the U.S. Senate and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. For his part, Reid has said he will never allow the legislation to see the light of day in the chamber he controls. And apparently he has the full support of both New Mexico Senators in blocking efforts to repeal and replace the controversial law.

Tom Udall

Last spring Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall both voted with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid when Obamacare passed through both houses of Congress. Bingaman was particularly supportive of Obamacare characterizing the two thousand page law as one of the most “carefully crafted pieces of legislation” he had come across in all his years on Capitol Hill. Time will tell in the days and weeks ahead if Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell’s prediction that eventually the repeal bill would come up for a simple up or down vote in the Senate will hold true.

Bingaman and Udall with Reid and Pelosi on Obamacare