Roberts opposed President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in December 2009, and he voted against the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. In September 2017, Roberts supported the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill. When interviewed about why he supported it, Roberts repeatedly refused to say why he thought the bill was good, and avoided speaking about the bill's policy contents.
Roberts opposed President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in December 2009, and he voted against the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Roberts
Roberts
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
oppose
opposed
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
President
President
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Barack
Barack
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Obama
Obama
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
health
health
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
reform
reform
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
legislation
legislation
NOUN
NN
punct
;
;
PUNCT
:
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
vote
voted
VERB
VBD
case
against
against
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Patient
Patient
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Protection
Protection
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
amod
Degree=Pos
Affordable
Affordable
ADJ
NNP
conj
Number=Sing
Care
Care
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Act
Act
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
December
December
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2009
2009
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
vote
voted
VERB
VBD
case
against
against
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Health
Health
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Care
Care
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Education
Education
PROPN
NNP
conj
Number=Sing
Reconciliation
Reconciliation
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Act
Act
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2010
2010
NUM
CD
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In September 2017, Roberts supported the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
September
September
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2017
2017
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Roberts
Roberts
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
support
supported
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Graham
Graham
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
flat
Number=Sing
Cassidy
Cassidy
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
healthcare
healthcare
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
bill
bill
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
When interviewed about why he supported it, Roberts repeatedly refused to say why he thought the bill was good, and avoided speaking about the bill's policy contents.
advmod
PronType=Int
when
When
ADV
WRB
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
interview
interviewed
VERB
VBN
case
about
about
ADP
IN
obl
PronType=Rel
why
why
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
advcl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
support
supported
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Roberts
Roberts
PROPN
NNP
advmod
repeatedly
repeatedly
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
refuse
refused
VERB
VBD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
say
say
VERB
VB
advmod
PronType=Int
why
why
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
ccomp
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
think
thought
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
bill
bill
NOUN
NN
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
ccomp
Degree=Pos
good
good
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
avoid
avoided
VERB
VBD
xcomp
VerbForm=Ger
speak
speaking
VERB
VBG
case
about
about
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
bill
bill
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
policy
policy
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Plur
content
contents
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.