In yet another sign that she plans to double down on her support for President Barack Obama’s costly Washington agenda, liberal U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) voted today to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to implement ObamaCare, keeping in place its massive tax hikes and Medicare cuts, as well as its unpopular individual mandate.

After the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill today to prevent the massive government spending needed to implement the Democrats’ costly, unpopular health care overhaul, McCaskill joined with her fellow Senate Democrats to kill the measure – ensuring that Missourians will be forced to deal with ObamaCare’s $570 billion in tax hikes, $500 billion in Medicare cuts in order to expand government, and onerous individual mandate. 

Notably, McCaskill’s fellow Missouri Democrat, state Attorney General Chris Koster, this week broke with McCaskill and called on the courts to invalidate her health care overhaul’s individual mandate, which 72 percent of Missouri voters rejected at the polls last year. And her fellow Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) voted in support of the measure, providing Missourians with a clear contrast.

“As with every other vote she casts in Washington, Senator McCaskill’s decision to spend billions of dollars to fund ObamaCare leaves no doubt that she continues to support President Obama’s agenda over the best interests of Missouri,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond. “While McCaskill doubles down on her liberal Washington record, Missourians have yet another reason to replace her with a commonsense Republican next year.”

As a reminder, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently estimated that ObamaCare will increase federal deficits by $260 billion through 2019.