Posted on 03/23/2017 6:17:31 PM PDT by davikkm
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney emerged from a meeting with House Republicans with an ultimatum. If the House-led effort to replace Obamacare fails, the United States is stuck with Obamacare, according to several Congressional reporters on Twitter. Mulvaney was joined by a group of administration officials including senior advisors Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus, and Kellyanne Conway for an evening meeting with House Republicans in an effort to break the logjam on the bill. Most House Freedom Caucus members refuse to vote for the bill without major changes. Moderate House Republicans have also protested the bill.
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2. The bill gets pulled over a lack of GOP support in a way that would make Ryan look like an ineffective, incompetent loser.
That he is. It’s been clear from Day 1 that the beltway GOP intended to usurp POTUS and control the agenda. Now the Empire Strikes Back. LOL.
Yes, I apologize for that.
I asked to have my post with the error removed.
For some reason I am prone to mixing Ryan and Paul up in certain contexts.
It doesn’t make sense, but something triggers it when I address them in posts, from time to time.
So, after this debacle what gopers are going to vote for axing NPR? None of the snakes that betrayed Trump today.
The ones who Trump got 70% of the vote in their districts. They are dead men walking if they continue to oppose the Trump agenda.
Yep!! Well said.
“This is bull shit.
Ultimatums are not how you do deals.”
You must be from the Bob Dole School of Negotiation.
“Please, may we compromise again?”
It sounds like Freedom caucus has President's well-being in mind. Whereas Rinos are watching out for special interest insurers. imho.
if Donald becomes the fall guy, it's OK with Rinos
You don’t consider government encroachment on your privacy and heretofore Constitutionally protected rights important?
Access to good, timely medical care at market based prices and conditions is not important?
Maintaining the viability of the middle class is not important?
I think you forget, Trump is playing hard ball and he’s been finding out where the bodies are buried. I say he has more leverage not less the next time he goes to the negotiating table.
You’re right. I forgot about McAss and McAss II and Linda
Agreed. Brilliant. Onus is SQUARELY on Ryan and congress to fix this properly. Or else face the voters. I don’t think Donald wants a bill..any bill for the sake of a bill passed.
It sounds like Freedom caucus has President’s well-being in mind. Whereas Rinos are watching out for special interest insurers. imho.
if Donald becomes the fall guy, it’s OK with Rinos
We are starting the separation process for the Chaff and the Wheat!
Why can't it simply be repealed through reconciliation?
Which is what he wanted all along? Either we expand ACA, or we keep it as is?
But those are the people that are voting against Trump because they think they are in safe districts and can't be defeated.
Obama is already taking victory laps. Thanks, guys.
Feh fits right now.
Perfectly.
Republicans are in charge of all branches. How are the Democrats at fault?
That strategy is a bad as Obama blaming Bush for eight years.
On the up side, SO much better than Hillary.
It’s better that we’re fight on how far in the RIGHT direction we’re going, rather than trying to stop the slide into totalitarianism.
Remind us of that every now and then!! :)
If he can't get even his own party in line; that's weak.
You are 100% correct WE are supposed to be for SMALL government this BS bill that to go, WE gave these BASTARDS the entire government for the first time in 100 years!!!
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