Posted on 04/27/2017 1:30:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
House Democrats are threatening to oppose a short-term funding extension if Republicans plow ahead with a vote to repeal Obamacare this week, renewing talk of a government shutdown if lawmakers can’t reach an agreement by Friday.
“If Republicans pursue this partisan path of forcing Americans to pay more for less and destabilizing our county's health care system — without even knowing how much their bill will cost — Republicans should be prepared to pass a one-week [funding extension] on their own," House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland said in a statement.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered the news in a phone call to House Speaker Paul Ryan Thursday morning. Hoyer had a similar conversation with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.
"They are in a lose, lose, lose situation," Pelosi said about Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare. "The minute they cast that vote they put doo-doo on their shoe, tattoo on their forehead."
Republican leaders still haven't made a decision about whether to bring the Obamacare repeal to the floor this week. But privately, senior GOP sources say a vote is more likely next week.
The Rules Committee, which controls floor debate, will meet Thursday afternoon but it's unclear what's on the panel's agenda.
Ryan dismissed Democrats' threats, saying he's confident the government won't shut down.
"The reason this government funding bill is not ready is because Democrats have been dragging their feet," the Wisconsin Republican told reporters. "I'm confident we'll be able to pass a sort-term extension"
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The only imaginable solution is for the GOP to give the Dems whatever they want. I mean, in the real world, what else could possibly happen?
Will be interesting to see what Trump has to say about the wall and ACA repeal at the Pennsylvania Rally on Saturday night.
So Grandma is supposed to go without her Social Security check, just because the Dems are having a hissyfit?
The people who work for fedgov.
And the people who are contractors, sub contractors, or support staff to those Fedgov workers.
A rather large chunk of people really, living in the “influential” areas that “matter”.
Hmm.. Ok, I got nothing.
Most corporations want single payer health care.
Lowers their overhead.
Social security checks are still paid during non-essential shutdowns.
But frankly, the dems can deal with Grandma’s wrath over not having her check and balance that with what is worth having a hissy fit over.
I’ve had enough of their BS, and the GOP’s BS too for that matter.
Mo Brooks (R-AL) is the only one who has proposed repealing the ACA and the GOP leadership won’t let the bill out of committee.
The other bills are various rearrangements of Obamacare.
Eliminate the filibuster, then bulldoze everything conservatives want eliminated. Oh, RINOs don’t mean what they say on the campaign trail? Who would have guessed that?
Just do it already Dems.
You shut it, you own it.
Who cares. <<<
Obviously your not on the Gov’t teat...
Worse than the Mafia.
DC is organized crime and extortion.
No!!!..”essential services” will still function...Its about “priorities”....will you lose anything important to you??...PBS maybe?
sit in the truck and bite your fingernails...We’ll take care of it for ya...Ping me when it’s a crisis to you..and Ill ping you when it’s safe to get out of the truck...Deal???
The quicker they shut the Government down the quicker Trump can rid the taxpayers of a plethora of whimsical special interest group fundings
Shut down the worthless Fed government. Maybe we will realize how much of it is completely worthless make - work for parasites.
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