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MCCONNELL: August recess postponed for 2 weeks
Business Insider ^ | July 11, 2017 | Bob Bryan

Posted on 07/11/2017 4:18:53 PM PDT by Red Steel

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he would delay the start of the Senate's typically monthlong August recess by two weeks to try to finish work on the GOP healthcare bill and other legislative items.

McConnell pinned part of the blame on Democrats' obstruction, a talking point the White House and Republican lawmakers have amplified in recent weeks.

"In order to provide more time to complete action on important legislative items and process nominees that have been stalled by a lack of cooperation from our friends across the aisle, the Senate will delay the start of the August recess until the third week of August," McConnell said in a statement. ...

The conservative House Freedom Caucus, which has pushed for the House to delay its recess also, echoed that sentiment in a statement after the announcement.

"We applaud Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to keep the Senate in session in August to accomplish the important work of the American people," it said. "We call on House leadership to do the same.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: 115th; augustrecess; mcconnell; repealandreplace

1 posted on 07/11/2017 4:18:53 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Please Congress REPEAL O-care....
and lower (and simplify tremendously) the oppressive individual income taxes that are destroying jobs and business opportunities for everyone.
Then, take your recess.... and hopefully the constituents of McShame and Lindsay (and the Maine lady too)will be able to get through to them to stop screwing so many things up!!!!!!!


2 posted on 07/11/2017 4:31:54 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Red Steel

FINALLY!!! Cancel ALL of them!! GET TO WORK, you LAZY ASSES!!


3 posted on 07/11/2017 4:36:56 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Red Steel

The post turd-le gets off his high post ...


4 posted on 07/11/2017 4:39:48 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (FREEP U, Schmucky O'Putz!)
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To: Red Steel

The keep jabbering on about how many people being covered, keeping mandates, keeping pre-existing, etc.
The one and only thing I care about is no requirement to buy a single coverage I don’t want, and I want a far lower price.

These GOP SOBs are talking about having states automatically enroll you unless you go to them and opt out. They are also keeping in place the requirement that old people buy reproductive, psychiatric, drug rehab, alcohol rehab, etc.

I want to pay for my own trivial doctor visits and have catastrophic coverage.

The GOP is going to fool around and get swept from power if all they do is finish carving Obamacare into stone. Whatever these morons pass is IT folks. They will declare it fixed and it will never be brought up again.
This alone will lose us big in Congress. And Trump will be weakened bad for reelection if we are all getting the same Obamacare as the only thing you can buy, with high prices and deductibles.

LOWER PREMIUMS. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.


5 posted on 07/11/2017 4:39:59 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Red Steel

They keep jabbering on about how many people being covered, keeping mandates, keeping pre-existing, etc.
The one and only thing I care about is no requirement to buy a single coverage I don’t want, and I want a far lower price.

These GOP SOBs are talking about having states automatically enroll you unless you go to them and opt out. They are also keeping in place the requirement that old people buy reproductive, psychiatric, drug rehab, alcohol rehab, etc.

I want to pay for my own trivial doctor visits and have catastrophic coverage.

The GOP is going to fool around and get swept from power if all they do is finish carving Obamacare into stone. Whatever these morons pass is IT folks. They will declare it fixed and it will never be brought up again.
This alone will lose us big in Congress. And Trump will be weakened bad for reelection if we are all getting the same Obamacare as the only thing you can buy, with high prices and deductibles.

LOWER PREMIUMS. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.


6 posted on 07/11/2017 4:40:26 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: Red Steel

The problem is not with the Democrats. The problem is that the Republicans don’t want to lose the billions of dollars in graft being paid to them by the Healthcare lobby. Sadly, we got snookered again last November and the dang repeal that we were promised in return for our votes will never happen.


7 posted on 07/11/2017 4:51:39 PM PDT by WWBrock (Life is much shorter than we imagined sixty years ago!)
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To: Red Steel

This is about giving the Democrats less time to campaign.


8 posted on 07/11/2017 5:14:34 PM PDT by Theophilus (Repent)
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To: Red Steel

Sadly they won’t work a single day of it. Freaking do nothing Republicans.


9 posted on 07/11/2017 5:17:12 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: Red Steel

Sadly they won’t work a single day of it. Freaking do nothing Republicans.


10 posted on 07/11/2017 5:17:46 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: Red Steel

Blame the democrats? That horse won’t run anymore. The dems could have all dropped dead, and Bitch McConnell and Paul Ryno wouldn’t be any closer to repeal.


11 posted on 07/11/2017 5:53:01 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: WWBrock

......I think you are over the target!


12 posted on 07/11/2017 6:12:08 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Ann Archy

Yep. Cancel their Fall Break. Thanksgiving Vacation. AND Christmas Vacation. Get to work you slackers.


13 posted on 07/11/2017 6:12:20 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Worst 8 years ever, First Affirmative Action President, I hope those who did this to us SUFFER MOST!)
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To: Red Steel
McConnell pinned part of the blame on Democrats' obstruction, a talking point the White House and Republican lawmakers have amplified in recent weeks.

Those mean Democrats! Kicking sand in the Republicans' faces!

Hey, wait! I thought the Republicans were in charge of both houses!

14 posted on 07/11/2017 6:15:15 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
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To: Red Steel

Thanks to PRESIDENT TRUMP’S tweets, We the people are aware of how little time the House and Senate actually works. We the people are TICKED, and they know it.


15 posted on 07/11/2017 6:17:51 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Red Steel

A good start


16 posted on 07/11/2017 9:43:45 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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