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The GOP Has a Nuclear Option ...
Political Wire ^ | March 24, 2017 | Taegan Goddard

Posted on 04/25/2017 3:16:57 AM PDT by Yosemitest



TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: budget; healthcare; senate
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Here's more from an excerpt from another source about the option of "The Nuclear Option for Legislation in the Senate": So in ending the DemocRATS 'political war', let me end my comment by stating, "It's time to NUKE THE DemocRATS !"
1 posted on 04/25/2017 3:16:58 AM PDT by Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest

It is time to nuke Ryan. is it not?


2 posted on 04/25/2017 3:23:04 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Diogenesis
It is time to nuke Ryan. is it not?

Agreed! It's time to start with Ryan and move on to McConnell.

3 posted on 04/25/2017 3:38:45 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Yosemitest
The truth is that Ted Cruz in a personal meeting with Donald Trump in the White House made clear the possibilities of reforming Obamacare along conservative lines by employing reconciliation. The problem for Trump was that he has a different vision of national healthcare, he wants to keep all of the goodies of Obamacare, such as pre-existing conditions, yet provide reduced premiums, reduced partial pays, reduced contributions which is simply not arithmetically possible. This is how he campaigned but it is impossible as president to mathematically square that circle.

So Trump backed Ryancare and was humiliated along with Ryan. He alienated the base and betrayed weakness. He could have at least lived up to the expectations of the people who voted for him, the people who voted against him are very unlikely to be mollified with half measures like Ryan care.

If Trump had used reconciliation with respect to reforming Obama care, he might today be in better shape with respect to financing the wall. Unfortunately, reports coming from the AP and elsewhere indicate that he is following the same course with respect to funding the building of the wall as he did with respect to reforming Obamacare.

If he is unwilling to go to the wall (shameless pun intended) on either of the two major issues in his campaign, when will he?

At some point Trump has got to look like Ronald Reagan when he fired the FAA controllers. Trump must at some point risk a loss. I believe that if he suffers a defeat at the hands of Rinos and Democrats he will at least be credited with the effort but now those who supported him are already scrambling to rationalize yet another climbdown.


4 posted on 04/25/2017 3:41:07 AM PDT by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford
"He (they) could have at least lived up to the expectations of the people who voted for him (them)"

What a quaint notion...

5 posted on 04/25/2017 3:46:09 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: Yosemitest

What we have today is not a filibuster but the unconstitutional requirement for 60 votes to pass legislation. A true filibuster is holding the floor for constant debate while ALL OTHER BUSINESS STOPPED. Historically it was hard to keep up and was a rare thing. The Democrats are abusing the filibuster by requiring 60 votes on all legislation. It is time to eliminate it.


6 posted on 04/25/2017 3:58:25 AM PDT by Petrosius
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To: nathanbedford
Being a retired air traffic controller myself,
and one who was on duty in the control tower at Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
and who watched all the aircraft the FAA sent to pick up one fourth of our controllers and fly them out with a 2 hour notice to 'pack a TDY bag and get on the plane'
to go to work in the FAAs TRACONS and Towers, I understand,
AND I AGREE !


BUT 'reconciliation' with the DemocRATS, who are 'at war' with TRUMP and the Republicans, ...
and with the RINOs and "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS", who will 'torpedo' Trump any way they can, ... 'reconciliation' is IMPOSSIBLE !
'Reconciliation' was IMPOSSIBLE from the very start of the 2017 Congress.
7 posted on 04/25/2017 4:05:35 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Petrosius
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE !
8 posted on 04/25/2017 4:06:30 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: nathanbedford
Trump ... has a different vision of national healthcare, he wants to keep all of the goodies of Obamacare

It is absurd to address the spending side aka keep all of the goodies until the cost side is addressed. No plan, not current ACA, nor Ryancare I, nor Ryancare II, nor pre-ACA nor any plan can work until the things driving up cost are addressed.

9 posted on 04/25/2017 4:07:37 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: Diogenesis

Ryan should have been replaced, as well as McConnell, in January 2017.


10 posted on 04/25/2017 4:08:36 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest

Perhaps the house could send over a bill containing a title page and 2000 pages of garbage written in invisible ink. When the Democraps say, “What’s this?”, the Republicans can respond, “You have to pass it to see what’s in it.”


11 posted on 04/25/2017 4:13:15 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: nathanbedford

He said Canada treats us unfairly on trade and is going to impose a 20 percent tax on lumber according to trey yingst.

Oh and when asked whether daca was illegal ...he said wait to see how many ms-13 criminals we deport.


12 posted on 04/25/2017 4:42:37 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: nathanbedford

If Trump had used reconciliation with respect to reforming Obama care, he might today be in better shape with respect to financing the wall. Unfortunately, reports coming from the AP and elsewhere indicate that he is following the same course with respect to funding the building of the wall as he did with respect to reforming Obamacare.


Trump is not a dictator. He has to convince enough people to go along with what he wants to get done. Fortunately, he is very good at doing that.

He is learning, and I expect the next effort will be much better than what happened the first go around. That bill and pushing it did much to show who was supporting what, and why.

We will be finding out what is in the improved plan shortly.


13 posted on 04/25/2017 4:45:29 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: spintreebob

“It is absurd to address the spending side aka keep all of the goodies until the cost side is addressed. No plan, not current ACA, nor Ryancare I, nor Ryancare II, nor pre-AC”


What everyone has to realize is that the costs of which you speak are not the cost of insurance. They are the cost of the underlying goods and services that make up our medical care system, and which the insurance is there to cover. It is the cost of these goods and services that is wildly out of control, with insurance merely following the trend. They are out of control because virtually the entire industry is massively in violation of our antitrust laws. In any other industry (except perhaps the airline industry), when two people are charged a different price for the exact same product or service, the federal government comes in and charges somebody with antitrust violations. Not so in the medical industry, resulting in the gigantic mess that we are in now. President Trump does not need to get Congressional approval to fix this problem. He merely has to tell Jeff sessions to prosecute a few dozen drug companies, hospitals, medical supply companies and doctors. Make an example of a few of them, and medical prices will come down considerably and quickly. There is no reason, for example, why an MRI costs $200 in Japan and several thousand dollars here in the United States. The reason for this is not that Japan is using inferior technology, but that Japan does not allow the owners of MRI machines to gouge it’s consumers. Similarly, there is no good reason why my daughter’s fairly routine knee surgery, combined with a simple 2 day hospital stay with no complications, cost $128,000. If you ask me, that hospital was no better than the mafia.

If President Trump were to order the Department of Justice to go after those players in the medical industry who are in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Trump would not only largely solve this problem, he would also be one of the biggest heroes imaginable. After that, tinkering with how insurance is delivered and what is to be covered would be a relatively minor footnote.


14 posted on 04/25/2017 4:48:05 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: marktwain
At some point Trump has got to look like Ronald Reagan when he fired the FAA controllers. Trump must at some point risk a loss. I believe that if he suffers a defeat at the hands of Rinos and Democrats he will at least be credited with the effort but now those who supported him are already scrambling to rationalize yet another climbdown.


15 posted on 04/25/2017 4:51:16 AM PDT by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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To: Petrosius

Exactly.


16 posted on 04/25/2017 4:53:43 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Yosemitest

Repubs should use any and all options available. Rats would do it in a heart beat. Don´t play fair. Nice guys finish last!


17 posted on 04/25/2017 4:59:36 AM PDT by DrDude (Get rid of everything Obama or Clinton!)
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To: Ancesthntr

“In any other industry (except perhaps the airline industry), when two people are charged a different price for the exact same product or service, the federal government comes in and charges somebody with antitrust violations. “. The more likely scenario for anti-trust is charging the exact same prices. Differing prices show lack of collusion.

Prices are being driven by government regulation and policies. Deregulate healthcare and prices will drop. Anti-trust enforcement is just more government nonsense used in an attempt to fix prior government nonsense. It’s hard to find true monopoly pricing power in a free market.

I know the term free market infuriates many here on Free Republic.


18 posted on 04/25/2017 5:09:39 AM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Ancesthntr; nathanbedford; spintreebob

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“It is absurd to address the spending side aka keep all of the goodies until the cost side is addressed. No plan, not current ACA, nor Ryancare I, nor Ryancare II, nor pre-AC”
What everyone has to realize is that the costs of which you speak are not the cost of insurance. They are the cost of the underlying goods and services that make up our medical care system, and which the insurance is there to cover. It is the cost of these goods and services that is wildly out of control, with insurance merely following the trend. They are out of control because virtually the entire industry is massively in violation of our antitrust laws. In any other industry (except perhaps the airline industry), when two people are charged a different price for the exact same product or service, the federal government comes in and charges somebody with antitrust violations. Not so in the medical industry, resulting in the gigantic mess that we are in now. President Trump does not need to get Congressional approval to fix this problem. He merely has to tell Jeff sessions to prosecute a few dozen drug companies, hospitals, medical supply companies and doctors. Make an example of a few of them, and medical prices will come down considerably and quickly. There is no reason, for example, why an MRI costs $200 in Japan and several thousand dollars here in the United States. The reason for this is not that Japan is using inferior technology, but that Japan does not allow the owners of MRI machines to gouge it’s consumers. Similarly, there is no good reason why my daughter’s fairly routine knee surgery, combined with a simple 2 day hospital stay with no complications, cost $128,000. If you ask me, that hospital was no better than the mafia.

If President Trump were to order the Department of Justice to go after those players in the medical industry who are in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Trump would not only largely solve this problem, he would also be one of the biggest heroes imaginable. After that, tinkering with how insurance is delivered and what is to be covered would be a relatively minor footnote.
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Biggest problem is admitting there is a problem. Unfort., nobody has pointed out GOVT is that problem.

Anti-trust was touched upon, but the truth that no monopoly can exist w/o the assistance of govt is also true.

True, now. MRIs may only truly cost $200, but when 1st developed? The converse of the above is the iron fist of govt vs. competition, research and innovation, driving up the costs before even hitting the streets. Drugs that exist in Europe for 40yrs+ can’t be sold here, while trial lawyers make millions from those the FDA\etc. HAVE ‘approved’.

Lastly, with wanting to eat the cake too, “reforming Obamacare along conservative lines by employing reconciliation” is another fallacy. Sad. If that’s what ‘conservatism’ has come to (not Fascism when *we* do it), it’s no wonder the country is in the bind it is...


19 posted on 04/25/2017 5:17:06 AM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: Yosemitest

They key is the Constitution left HOW the two houses of the legislature up to whatever rules and procedures the houses separately make for themselves. What is being discussed has zero to do with Constitutional law regarding the legislature, and is totally about “accepted traditions”.

If it is an accepted tradition that the presiding officer of the Senate, which happens to be the Vice President of the United States, CAN over rule the parliamentarian, opponents can squeal, but in fact no laws or rules would be “broken”, just “tradition” terribly offended.

I am a mugwump on the issue. One part of me would like the immediate result, and the other part sees how we could come to hate this breaking of the traditions, if and when the Dims had the White House and 50+% majorities in both houses.


20 posted on 04/25/2017 6:11:41 AM PDT by Wuli
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