They've won concessions.
As it stands now it's the RINOs who are mostly blocking the bill. RINOs opposing the new bill:
And maybe 5 to 7 HFC conservative/libertarians.
Seems Trump can squeeze out the few votes left to get.
As pointed out before, these guys are 12% of the GOP caucus.
A tiny 12%.
But these same guys would have the Senate kill the Filibuster to gut the power of a minority.
They aren’t conservative. They’re just grandstanding.
If the Freedom Caucus get removal of the minimum coverage requirements for a policy out of Obamacare, that is a huge win. It is the reason you cannot buy a catastrophic plan any more.
Other reports this morning indicate preexisting conditions might be taken out as part of the bill as well. We’ll see.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
If the minority party wants power they can win some elections. Until then, a single senator should not have the ability to torpedo a bill because 1-49% of the Senate disagrees.
And maybe 5 to 7 HFC conservative/libertarians.
Seems Trump can squeeze out the few votes left to get.
And So what? What if they do?. So what if they eliminate the unconstitutuonal filibuster. So what. Was last November really out last chance to save the country? Save the country first. Who gives a damn about Trump and his agenda or ‘re election. The country comes first, if Trump happens to pick the right side, great. If he is wrong, screw him. Country first. You compromise, deal and negotiate with the other side, no within your own party. There are more than enough R’s moderate or not who promised repeak to pass a repeal bill. They made the promise, were elected on that promise, they can deal with it.