Votes

The Senate on Friday rejected another GOP attempt to repeal President Obama’s healthcare law.

An amendment to the Senate budget resolution from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) failed on a 45-54 vote on Friday. Cruz’s amendment would have repealed the Affordable Care Act and encouraged patient-centered reforms to reduce costs.

The Senate on Friday voted down a GOP proposal aimed at preventing the Senate from considering any budget that calls for new taxes while unemployment is higher than 5.5 percent.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) offered the amendment to the Democratic budget plan for 2014, but it was rejected in a party-line 45-54 vote.

The Senate rejected an amendment to the budget from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have removed Democrats’ call for nearly $1 trillion in new revenue.

Grassley’s amendment failed on a 45-54 vote Thursday night. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) had opposed including the reconciliation in the budget, but he voted against Grassley's amendment.

The tax has proven unpopular, but was key to ensuring that the Obama healthcare law did not add to deficit.

GOP Sens. Susan Collins, Dean Heller, Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz voted with Democrats against Ryan's plan.

The House voted down the Democratic Caucus budget plan for 2014 in a 165-253 vote that saw 28 Democrats vote against it — six more than last year — along with every Republican.

The plan split Democrats 165-28, compared to the 163-22 split among Democrats in 2012.

The spending bill includes the same funding levels as House-approved legislation, and keeps the $85 billion in sequestration cuts

The House rejected a conservative budget Wednesday in a 104-132 vote, with 171 Democrats voting present.

The measure would have shifted money from a Heritage Area account that the administration had targeted for spending reductions.

Senate Democratic budget is defeated in 154-261 vote, with 35 Democrats voting against it.