(Alex Wong/Getty Images)After one of the recent failed Senate votes to overhaul Obamacare, a reader posed a question: How much time has Congress spent actually trying to throw out the law, without success? Again: This is solely House votes on bills and amendments that were approved by the body. There was less time spent on such legislation in that chamber, given that it flipped to the Republicans only in 2015. But the time spent in the Senate also isn’t broken out by minute in Congress.gov’s data, the way the data are for the House. If only Republicans in the House had proposals that could pass the Senate.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2017 12:45 UTC