Posted on 07/20/2017 7:10:21 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Rep. Tom Garret (R-VA), along with a dozen Freedom Caucus members, announced his intent to file a discharge petition that would put a clean repeal of Obamacare before the House.
The House Freedom Caucus repeatedly argued that the best path to repealing Obamacare revolves around a simple repeal of Obamacare and then replacing the Affordable Care Act with a free-market alternative.
Congress passed a clean repeal bill of Obamacare in 2015 only to have it vetoed by President Obama. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a former chairman of the Freedom Caucus, reintroduced the same legislation in 2017. However, Congress has not taken up that legislation.
Rep. Tom Garrett announced his intent to file a discharge petition that would put that clean Obamacare repeal bill before the House. Garrett said, I commend both the President and Republican leadership for working to replace the monstrosity that is Obamacare. However, we have seen discussions for replacement continue to stall and we must change our approach to reforming healthcare.
The Virginia congressman concluded, The House should lead with an incremental approach by supporting a clean-repeal bill and then enter into replacement negotiations. As such, I just initiated a seldom-used parliamentary procedure to advance H.R. 1436 through a discharge petition. The overwhelming majority of my Republican colleagues cast their vote in support of this legislation in 2015, and I have faith they will do nothing short of that now.
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Agree. Jim Jordan would make an excellent replacement for Speaker.
In other words, what we the voters have told the GOP we want for the last seven years...
he is perfect
Trump can kill obamacare completely dead right now. Vacate every single bueracratic regulation associated with obamacare. Exempt every state and every insurance company for 10 years
no its NOT a watershed moment.
He is AGAINST us.
Period.
wish it weren’t so... but it is.
Sad really
If the boobs cannot repeal the whole thing, they should have some integrity and repeal the part where they govt types are exempt.
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>> a simple repeal of Obamacare and then replacing the Affordable Care Act with a free-market alternative
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In other words, what we the voters have told the GOP we want for the last seven years...
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Am I the only one that has a difficult time w/ the verbiage and phrases used by (R)\D.C.?
The Free Market doesn’t need govt to work. All it needs is to get govt OUT OF THE WAY. I wouldn’t trust govt to tell me the color of the sky at any given moment, I sure as s* ain’t going to rely upon their definition of ‘free-market’.
Anything ‘replaced’ by govt can, and will, be bloated\corrupted by more of the same.
I don’t expect any one of ‘em, anymore, to even give lip service to the Constitution, but, for a change, I’d be impressed if they could bring CHOICE and FREEDOM from the ashes from time to time...
120-315.
At best.
I hate to say it, but you repealers are living in an imaginary world.
“...as the Secretary shall deem...”. How many times what a phrase, similar, codified in that monstrosity?
Course, (D) are smart. They know a (R) would NEVER use the full power to forward their agenda.
Course, the (R)s are, most likely, utilizing that authority as they hoped....they don’t *WANT* it gone/repealed.
O’Care might collapse, that doesn’t mean a gold-star. (R)s didn’t *DO* anything to aid in the demise; merely allowed the People suffer, needlessly, for (seemingly) political gain.
IMO, Garrett appears to be posturing and blowing smoke. He’s seen what ‘leadership’ has done, the ‘no plan handy’, STILL ‘worked’ w/ ‘im...But NOW? Either let it be or repeal?
Where was his voice/opposition in Jan/Feb??
How do you think they got there?
25-210.
Next idea?
But why would any Dems sign on?
I mean — I guess rats abandons sinking ships, but Dems...not so much, at least not in recent memory.
To mess with Repubs, like a troll.
Thete are SOLID folks in Congress....but too frw currently
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