Why is Latin a dead language? PrintEmailSave. A language is called a dead language when it is no longer spoken by people as their main language. In contrast to extinct languages that cease to have any speakers, dead languages may continue to be used in legal, scientific and religious fields.
Obamacare was passed by Congress on March 21, 2010, and signed into federal law by President Barack Obama on March 23. This law furthers the process of socializing the United States health care system, which began with Medicare.
With the supermajority vote safely intact once again, the Senate moved rather quickly to pass the ACA â or ObamaCare â on Christmas Eve 2009 in a 60 â 39 vote (Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning chose not to vote since he was not running for reelection).