NASHVILLE, TN – Late last night, Democrats successfully killed legislation to protect Tennesseans from Obamacare. The Tennessee Health Freedom Act made it to conference, but during the final vote on the conference report, 39 Democrats voted no and kept the bill from reaching the 50 ayes needed to pass.

“Obviously the majority of Democrats in the State House support Obamacare for Tennesseans,” said Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney. “These Democrats seem to believe that a trillion-dollar government-run disaster that damages our economy, harms small businesses, raises taxes, and slashes seniors’ Medicare benefits is good policy for our state. They couldn’t be more wrong. Democrats have chosen to blatantly disregard Tennesseans’ concerns about government-run health care and proved once again how out-of-touch they have become with voters in this state.”

Last night’s vote took place on a conference report which was the result of merging HB 2622 and SB 2560, both of which were passed earlier in the week by the State House and State Senate. The conference report can be found here. Democrats voting against the conference report are as follows:

Rep. Armstrong
Rep. Borchert
Rep. Brown
Rep. Camper
Rep. T. Cobb
Rep. Cooper
Rep. Curtiss
Rep. J. DeBerry
Rep. L. DeBerry
Rep. Favors
Rep. Ferguson
Rep. Fincher
Rep. Fitzhugh
Rep. Fraley
Rep. Gilmore
Rep. Hackworth
Rep. Hardaway
Rep. S. Jones
Rep. U. Jones
Rep. Kernell
Rep. Litz
Rep. Maddox
Rep. Moore
Rep. Naifeh
Rep. Odom
Rep. Pitts
Rep. Pruitt
Rep. Richardson
Rep. Shaw
Rep. Shepard
Rep. Sontany
Rep. Stewart
Rep. Tidwell
Rep. Tindell
Rep. Towns
Rep. J. Turner
Rep. M. Turner
Rep. West
Rep. Winningham