Congress in Reverse: Repeals from Reconstruction to the Present

by Nathaniel A. Birkhead and Jordan M. Ragusa

After years of divided government, countless Republicans campaigned on a promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Yet when they took control of both chambers of Congress and the White House in 2017-after six years that included more than fifty symbolic votes and innumerable pledges-they failed to repeal the bulk of the law. Pundits were shocked, and observers and political scientists alike were stuck looking for an explanation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022671733X
• ISBN13: 9780226717333
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"