The next day, Republicans introduced legislation to repeal the bill. He voted for an amendment to repeal it. A repeal without savings eliminates the repealed statute completely. Progressives have both advocated prohibition legislation and worked towards its repeal. This increased calls to repeal the Eighth Amendment. A $1 million appropriation added to the legislation made it ineligible for repeal via referendum. Toomey helped write the Republican bill to repeal Obamacare. McClintock has strongly advocated for a bill to fully repeal Obamacare. Boehner pledged to repeal Obamacare and cut federal spending. This would effectively repeal the federal minimum wage. The Tennessee legislature did not repeal the Butler Act until 1967. Their efforts eventually led to the repeal of prohibition. A 1998 effort to repeal this law by referendum failed. The unions campaigned vigorously for years to repeal the law but failed. This letter became an important event in pushing the nation to repeal Prohibition.