Senate Democrats defeated a Republican push to repeal the U.S. health-care overhaul in a test of their continuing support for the law amid court challenges and signs public support for it is eroding.

When senators vote on the budget, they will essentially be voting on the health care repeal

The Senate will take a test vote as early as today on Republicans’ bid to repeal the U.S. health- care overhaul, President Barack Obama ’s biggest domestic achievement.

share: digg facebook twitter AUSTIN — Border security funding would get a slight boost but public schools, higher education, criminal justice and health care for poor Texans would be cut under Senate leaders' first crack at a bare-bones budget. Neither the House nor Senate initial measures would raise taxes or dip into the state's rainy-day fund savings account, which will have a projected $9.4 ...

Senate Republicans want to box majority Democrats into allowing a health care repeal vote even if GOP lawmakers expect to be on the losing side.