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To: dp0622
We should have had a repeal of the bill an that’s that.

Politics is the art of the possible, not the whimsical.

There are not the votes in the US Senate to repeal Obamacare. Maybe after the 2018 midterms, but until then, it's simply mathematically impossible.

How many times must people be reminded of this fact before its truth sinks in?

Having a slim majority works in the House, but not the Senate, unless they're willing to throw out the filibuster. But they aren't...

19 posted on 03/24/2017 1:57:31 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: sargon
How many times must people be reminded of this fact before its truth sinks in?

Very few freepers seem to understand this.
32 posted on 03/24/2017 2:12:04 PM PDT by microgood
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To: sargon
Politics is the art of the possible. Yeah, and fighters go against all odds. Figure that one in, too.
37 posted on 03/24/2017 2:17:15 PM PDT by aspasia
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To: sargon
There are not the votes in the US Senate to repeal Obamacare. Maybe after the 2018 midterms, but until then, it's simply mathematically impossible.

President Trump is the World's Greatest Deal Maker. Let him pull some Senate Democrats over for a full repeal.

39 posted on 03/24/2017 2:19:52 PM PDT by Musket (It's very simple:<i>your quoted text pasted here</i><p> produces Quoted Italic with paragraph break)
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