Posted on 07/25/2017 5:41:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted narrowly on Tuesday to begin debate on a bill to repeal major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, taking a pivotal step forward after the dramatic return of Senator John McCain, who cast a crucial vote despite his diagnosis of brain cancer.
The 51-50 vote, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a tie, came only a week after the Republican effort to dismantle a pillar of former President Barack Obama’s legacy appeared all but doomed. It marked an initial win for President Trump, who pushed, cajoled and threatened senators over the last days to at least begin debating the repeal of the health care law.
But the victory could be a fleeting one: Senate Republicans still had no agreement on a repeal bill that they could ultimately pass to uproot the law that has provided health insurance to millions of Americans.
The Senate is now moving ahead with debate, amendments and ultimately a final vote in the coming days on legislation that would have a profound impact on the American health care system — roughly one-sixth of the American economy. But it is entirely possible that by week’s end, they have passed nothing.
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Let’s try to get a few more actual GOP-voting Senators next fall!
Pence could be doing other things.
“Senate Republicans still had no agreement on a repeal bill that they could ultimately pass to uproot the law that has provided health insurance to millions of Americans.”
No bias in this article. /src
After complaining for weeks that the GOP would not allow debate on the repeal and replace the Dems now vote against debating it.
How can anyone identify as a democrat? pukes
1 (one) Democrat to crossover and in return Trump supports him/her for re-election. The art of the deal.
Make it ND senator . No Republican to take her on.
The RINOs who attempted to block debated MUST BE PRIMARIED!
MAGA!
....Let’s try to get a few more actual GOP-voting Senators next fall....
And how do we know who they actually are after all the lies told to get elected in 2012, 2014, and 2016?
Vote coming up on BCRA+Cruz (consumer freedom) and Portman ($100bMedcaid) combined.
if they allow the Parliamentarian to reject a 50 vote threshold then conservatives will be stymied and Senate will end up passing the ‘skinny repeal’- which will be unacceptable to the House.
‘Skinny repeal’ is a bailout for the insurance companies with superficial reforms.
Make a deal with a Democrat. Show our people we aren’t messing around.
Probably would need 62 to not only break filibusters but guard against turncoats.
In any event, we somehow managed to move one step forward today, which even that didn’t seem likely a few days ago.
Maybe 1 Dem crossover would put fear in the R ‘Progressives’. Maybe we could get one with what comes out of conference.
Tough though.
And... @LindseyGrahamSC sides with Collins, Rand, Heller and all Dems to reject BCRA. As does @SenBobCorker.
So no need to watch the insurance company payoff ‘debate’ any more.
Now NINE NAY votes on BCRA+: Collins, Corker, Cotton, Graham, Heller, Lee, Moran, Murkowski, Paul
Wow, Lee voted against Cruz’s amendment.
Too strange.
And cost God knows how many million more Americans the insurance that they already had.
Good point.
Collins and Capito are up in 2020, though.
As far as 2018 Dims, I’m hoping McCaskill can get knocked off in MO.
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