Trump Ultimatum: Vote on Health Care Friday or Obamacare Stays

NBC News ^ | Mar 23 2017 | Leigh Ann Caldwell

[mdittmar]

Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney made clear Thursday evening that President Donald Trump is done negotiating on the hotly-debated health care bill and wants a vote on Friday.

And, if the president doesn't get a vote to repeal and replace Obamacare, he will move on to other priorities, Mulvaney said according to a source in the room during the tense talks with GOP members.

The latest salvo comes after House Republican leaders abruptly postponed a planned vote on the GOP health care bill Thursday as they struggled to find sufficient support to pass it. GOP lawmakers had previously been told procedural votes on the bill will still be held tonight and that a full vote on the measure could take place Friday.

[SomeCallMeTim]

exactly.

The time for deciding has come.

This is a BOLD move. Not paste, BOLD.

People who want to see this country save need to buck up, and get behind our General.

[SomeCallMeTim]

What I’m trying to say is, there won’t be parts II or III anyway.

Yes... there will.

Part II is regulatory. Tom Price can do a LOT, without any votes from anyone.

Part III will come just before the 2018 election. It will include a LOT of things the public wants.. like, allowing plans across State lines. If the Dems lock-step oppose? They will DISAPPEAR from the Senate.. and, we'll pass it with 60 votes in 2019.

[RitaOK]

No. Trump put his agenda on the line. Ryan ignored it. The Freedom Caucus did not ignore it. Ryan can’t score.

Trump helped him try to score, without jerking the pen and paper from his boy scout hand, but Ryan cock-blocked the considerations of the Freedom Caucus right up to the wire and found out they are in line with Trump, and powerful in their own right.

Now, Ryan shames himself, walks out to a dreaded presser tonight to say the vote will be tomorrow and briskly disappears through the side door. Dumb @zz will learn to heel or deal, next time.

[RitaOK]

Bravo! As usual, you get it.

[RitaOK]

:D

[grey_whiskers]

Thank You! Now who can put Ryan’s face on the dog?

You'd have to put Ryan's face on the back cover.

Funny someone with *your* screen name taking an interest in this particular cover all of a sudden...:-)

[grey_whiskers]

[entropy12]

TDS has no known cure.

[map]

“Against Trump on this..hope the Freedom Caucus hold the line.”

Great, the bill fails. Now what? Have you thought it through?

[onyx]

I’m ok with that. Kill the “Trumpcare” (per Schumer) bill. Repeal Obamacare or let it collapse on its own."






FRIDAY VOTE ORDERED
ULTIMATUM
PASS OR FAIL

Pass the damn thing to the US Senate and let Senator Cruz deal with that stupid Byrd Rule Three Criteria for Health Reform The Wall Street Journal
By: Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Mark Meadows
March 15, 2017

so that Phase 3 won't require 60 damn votes that it will NEVER get!

President Trump has already said that "he won't sign any bill that doesn't live up to his campaign promises!"

[map]

“Trump putting himself on the line for this piece of trash bill is a total joke.”

This piece of trash bill must be sent to the Senate for negotiation. Let Paul, Cruz, Cotton and Lee get to work on it and send it back to Ryan.

What’s the alternative? The “moderates” in the House will not approve your bill, unless it’s sent back to the House with Senate approval. Then they will not dare.

[joesbucks]

Well I agree he didn’t describe it as this or that it be done in phases. But it’s what he has supported, arm twisted and used the bully pulpit to achieve.

[joesbucks]

Yes, politics is a tough business and would be more difficult than building hotels. I knew that as an average "Joe". I was glad someone asked him along the way how he was going to achieve things when he had to work so many through congress because he can't just fire those who get in his way. He said he was the consummate deal maker and because of that he would have congress doing his desires.

So apparently either he failed to understand the limitations of his abilities or his ego didn't allow for it.

I will admit there is a remote chance a take it or leave O'Care in place may bring some of the hardliners around, be it really isn't a deal most Freeper's really want.

[joesbucks]

My point is, in business it's generally two parties negotiating. If it doesn't work out, you agree to disagree and move on. You can generally get the goods or services somewhere else. And the disagreement only impacts the parties involved.

In this situation, him leaving Obamacare in place because things didn't work out and if it is so terrible so ready to collapse hurts the nation. It doesn't hurt him or Jim Jordon's followers or the moderates should he and Ryan move to the right. It hurts the nation if he walks from this deal if this is the only way to dismantle Obamacare.

Now if it isn't, then why did he sign on and push for passage of something obviously so flawed?

[Salvey]

That smug little creep, Ryan

Have you noticed that government has/had more than its share of creeps: wizened, mephistophelian homunculi like Schumer, Blumenthal, Franken, Pelosi, Reid, obama, Boxer, Kerry, et al.

[RummyChick]

Its a trash bill. Let them repeal it like was promised...not pass it and we will see what is in it later..because we all SHOULD know what ryan will pull then

[rb22982]

Agency? No agency was created for Obamacare. It repeals the mandate, it removes the exchanges, it reduces the medicare subsidy and a few other things.

[rb22982]

Medicaid* subsidy

[Theophilus]

Let Fascist Obamacare collapse. Nothing but complete and unconditional repeal will do.

[LS]

As in referring to who wins this power play.