Proud of my Rep. Dave Brat.
Obamacare II was not a repeal, it was simply rearranging.
ObamaCare was not being repealed. Not bothering to read the article.
“There is no logical explanation for their behavior except they wanted to kill the bill,” said one senior House Republican, furious about the bill’s defeat.
Well, duh. Repeal Obamacare! Every damn word of it and replace it with free markets, ie, feds stay OUT!
No conspiracy or secret deals, the minute they chickened out from a straight repeal we knew they’d come up with a replacement, and said replacement would be opposed by conservatives for being more of the same and opposed by liberals for getting rid of their proud flagship, and therefore would fail. It as politics as usual, obvious months ago.
I wonder if RyanCare would get the HFC votes if he reversed the phases.
Thank God there are at least a few freedom-loving, constitutionalist, non-statist Congressmen willing to stand up.
I truly believe that Ryan wanted this bill to pass knowing full well that it was crap so that it could blow up in Trump’s face. The democrats and the RINOs have shown us that they want no disruption or change to their empire. We should all be proud of the conservatives who held their ground. Trump should now know that Ryan is a POS who needs to be voted out of office.
Jim Jordan for Speaker.
What was the steak even made of? Tofu? Or, in this case, snatofu?
that took forever to post!!
I’m wondering how people feel about Senators possibly telling Representatives what to demand Trump include in the bill - knowing those demands would guarantee the bill failed in the senate?
And do people feel is it ethical for two former presidential candidates to actively work together to undermine the sitting president?
What about two senators holding frequent press conferences stating categorically the bill would fail in the senate (while working with the FC to make it defeatable)?
There was at least one outside the Freedom Caucus who expressed unwillingness to vote for Obamacare Lite (my own congresscritter, which was a shock). There may well have been others.
Wiretap we much, Pollutico?
Who spoon fed Pollutico this info? Jamie Gorelick, perhaps?
Typical bait and switch. Start the campaign season with a pledge to repeal, then when voters buy in, add the term replace. When it fails, blame the few members who stuck to the original pledge.
NOTHING passes congress unless they get their cut of the pie (money or stocks) guess how Obamacare passed democrats always grease the wheels.
Who woud make money off the deal of killing Obamacare??.
Except for the fact that it wasn’t a repeal bill.
Insightful.
Well worth the time.
Best explanation of what was happening that tv sound bites could never capture.
The Medicaid Reform and back to the States to run was huge. Might not see that again for a long time.
Fake News. There was no Repeal on the table. There was just a tinkering.
Fake news. The FC has had a rule since the beginning to vote as a block. As I recall, that’s why Louie Gohmert isn’t a member.
Conservatives cannot let the media off the hook and let their narrative stand unchallanged.
What the specific objections conservatives have when they killed this bill and their reasons will be buried or if conservatives are called upon to explain their position (which they won’t) never be approached by the media.
They must step forward and openly disect this piece of legislation taking it apart piece by piece and explain their position