Posted on 03/21/2017 9:34:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
House Speaker Paul Ryan agreed Tuesday with PresidentDonald Trump that Republicans risk losing control of Congress if they don't unify this week to force passage of the leading bill to replace key parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Ryan said he disagreed with the notion that there are not enough votes to pass that bill on Thursday.
"Yes, absolutely," Ryan said when asked if he agreed with Trump's personal admonition to GOP House members during a visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday that "many" of them would lose their seats if they voted against the bill.
"The president of the United States came to us and said, 'We all made a promise to the American people, and we need to keep our promises,'" Ryan, R-Wis., said at a press conference after the session with Trump.
"Everybody running for the Congress and the House, everybody running for the Senate, and the president himself, said to the American people, 'You give us this chance, this responsibility, this opportunity, with a Republican president, with a Republican Senate, a Republican House, and we will repeal and replace Obamacare,'" Ryan said.
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MSM will eat this up. Jag.....
Someone needs to give Ryan the curb treatment to get him on board the American Express.
The fear-mongering now begins. If we don't pass Ryancare, we'll lose the House in 2018. What balderdash...
Why is Ryan speaker? Someone please tell me how he got elected speaker again??????
Good.
It’s very obvious that GOP Inc wanted to vote for repealing Obamacare when there was absolutely no chance it would be signed into law, but some are very reluctant to vote for repealing Obamacare now.
These guys are the worst.
Maybe a republican or three needs to be primaried in 2018.
When did “repeal and replace” become the mantra? I just want “Repeal”!
Conservatives are always there, willing to put in the effort to make the right things happen.
So if it passes the house and then when it goes no-where in the Senate (as usual) its OK??
And that changes things how?
My way or the highway Lyin Ryan spewing FUD.
If he knew that the Republican majority was at risk on this issue, then why wasn’t a carefully developed replacement strategy in place sooner? The GOP had seven years to prepare for this eventuality yet when the time came, they were clueless and unready, as usual.
Why is Ryan speaker? Someone please tell me how he got elected speaker again??????
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The weak electing the weak.
No doubt health care reform would look difference under Trump with a Dem congress.
Is Trump going to play hardball with Republicans who don't go along?
No doubt health care reform would look difference under Trump with a Dem congress.
Is Trump going to play hardball with Republicans who don't go along?
Well he’s speaker as a result of the upheaval causing the ouster of John Boehner. Why he was the choice to replace Boehner, I don’t know why it worked out that way.
They risk losing Congress if they pass it. Clinton tried to pass Hillarycare in 1993 and the Democrats got creamed in 1994, losing the House and Senate. Obama did pass Obamacare in 2009 and the Democrats got creamed in 2010, losing the House and Senate. Now the GOP is trying the same thing and hoping for different results.
Obamacare is a hideous Hydra. Its massive complexity is intentional and intended to make the legislation difficult to replace. Attempting to fix this monstrosity is futile. It must be repealed in its entirety.
I would like to see the actual bill they are proposing as part of reconciliation. Too much noise and too many opinions so I don’t know who is telling the truth and who is lying.
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