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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They risk losing Congress if they pass it.
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A most excellent and insightful comment in its entirety. Well done!
YOU COULD JUST REPEAL 0BAMACARE.
IDJIT!
No, it’s only the RINO “majority” that is at risk.
Conservatives are always there, willing to put in the effort to make the right things happen.
Spot on!!
Ryan works harder against his own party than he ever was against Obama/Pelosi.
This could be precisely what Ryan is being paid and/or blackmailed to accomplish. So far he's doing a great job at it.
Congress sold out years ago they are part of the one party system can’t say much more for the senate $$$$$$$$$$$.
[Why is Ryan speaker? Someone please tell me how he got elected speaker again??????]
Ask the Freedom Caucus. They ended up voting for him!
It’s not the replacement we want, it’s the repeal.
Maybe we need some new Republicans.
The Rs will lose seats if this slop isn’t passed?!?!?!
Good, drain the swamp. DJT is best when fighting the Establishment, not joining it.
Because no districts followed our example and Cantorized their weasel.
If there were more Dave Brats, there wouldn’t be a Speaker Ryan.
Funny how that works, right?
But you got it. You hit the nail on the head.
He needs to go!!!!
You do realize that the President is in lock step with the speaker on this bill right?
There was a decent primary opponent against him, and he got hammered. I thought it would be close, but he got creamed.
>>>When did “repeal and replace” become the mantra? I just want “Repeal”!<<<
Trump had been saying that since the primaries.
I’m standing with Trump on this.
They MUST pass and let Senate change it. Then pass again and let Trump sign it.
Then Sec Price can morph it more with regs and keep moving it forward.
We need to hold their feet to fire for phase 3, then keep up pressure untill all mandates are gone.
If this doesn’t pass, all of Trump’s agenda will stall and eventually die.
IMHO
If it PASSES you guys are at risk...
You P.O.S’s promised REPEAL - not ‘repair’
PRIMARY EVERY GOP THAT DOES NOT VOTE FOR REPEAL
I can’t believe they tossed out Boehner, only to get some one WORSE than the old boner...
You trust them that much?
The Republican Majority is in GRAVE danger if it doesn’t do a clean repeal of Obamacare. . .
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