Senate GOP achieves first step on Obamacare repeal

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and other senators talk with demonstrators Tuesday after a motion to debate Obamacare repeal passed. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerWASHINGTON — In a dramatic vote Tuesday afternoon punctuated by the shouts of protesters from Vermont and elsewhere, the Senate took a step toward repealing the signature health care law of the Obama era.
With a vote of 51 in favor and 50 against, the Senate opened debate on a House bill that would repeal and replace the Affordab