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House Republicans, short of votes, withdraw health care bill
AP ^ | March 24th, 2017 | Unattributed

Posted on 03/24/2017 12:45:04 PM PDT by Mariner

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans, short of votes, withdraw health care bill.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obamacare; ryancare; ryancarebillpulled
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To: chris37

“We do not want Obamacare, GOP. We elected you to all three branches to get rid of it, so get f***ing rid of it BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!”

Correct Chris, they just put a band-aid on the existing Obamacare.


41 posted on 03/24/2017 12:54:45 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Mariner

This is good. More time to regroup. We were too short on time, thanks to Ryan wanting it on Obamacare anniversary date yesterday, and were too short on respect for Freedom Caucus concerns.

NOW, brace.. this is going to be blamed on the conservatives. That means the Freedom Caucus is going to get the blame, in the media and by the RINO contingency.

Karl Rove is the first serpent fire against the Freedom Caucus. He *claims* “they kept moving the goal posts”.

No proof. Just sling it out there and get started slinging it.


42 posted on 03/24/2017 12:54:49 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
What am I missing?

There are a few parts of Obamacare that are enormously popular with the public-- for example, the provision that says that if you change jobs, your new insurer can't refuse to cover your preexisting conditions. A pure repeal would leave a lot of people without coverage, and would be politically suicidal.

43 posted on 03/24/2017 12:54:53 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Mariner

Amen. By Ryan.


44 posted on 03/24/2017 12:54:58 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Votes. Missing votes.


45 posted on 03/24/2017 12:55:11 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: haircutter

It was no secret a bunch of them were bums last year an they still won the primaries

and they would again


46 posted on 03/24/2017 12:55:13 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

“Let Obamacare fall on its own.”

The problem with that is that when it does, the smart people on tv and in DC will say that the solution is more government involvement in healthcare.

I’ve heard this position from many corners and I think if anyone genuinely believes this is a good plan, they simply haven’t been paying attention to the political status quo.

It’s a terrible plan that will fail, worthy of the braintrust at GOP Inc.


47 posted on 03/24/2017 12:55:14 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: tennmountainman

That is exactly what I said earlier this weak. Obamacare will get funded. It won’t die. It’s ignorant to think otherwise.


48 posted on 03/24/2017 12:55:15 PM PDT by arkfreepdom
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To: Mariner

Fine. Tactical retreat. Fix the bill and bring it back.


49 posted on 03/24/2017 12:55:48 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: sargon
This is a disaster for Paul Ryan, not for President Trump.

It's a disaster for Paul Ryan but it isn't good for Trump. He stood behind Ryan on this and twisted arms. He should have stayed out of it.

50 posted on 03/24/2017 12:55:55 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: sargon; Mariner

“This is a disaster for Paul Ryan, NOT for President Trump. It weakens the Speaker, hopefully to the point where he is replaced.”

Once again, Wisconsin apologizes for Paul Ryan. Sorry!

(HOWEVER, we’re accomplishing a LOT of other OUTSTANDING things here in ‘Sconny!)

Now - come back with a FULL REPEAL of 0bamacare and dig out those great REPLACEMENT PLANS you’ve all been sitting on FOR EIGHT YEARS and lets’ get something DONE!

How can this be so flippin’ HARD? We The People TOLD YOU what we wanted you to do! ENOUGH with the Dog & Pony show! Get Busy! @#$%^&*!


51 posted on 03/24/2017 12:56:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: fwdude; DoughtyOne

You are both on the mark.


52 posted on 03/24/2017 12:56:13 PM PDT by map
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To: Mariner

Republicans had seven years during the Obama administration to develop a plan to repeal, then replace, the ACA.

Instead, they did nothing other than to campaign on the ACA bogeyman and pass several worthless repeal bills they knew would be ignored.

Trump screwed everything up by winning.

Suddenly the GOP Congresscritters had to get off their collective duff and do something—Not surprisingly, they failed miserably.

This is squarely on Paul Ryan and the Republican “leaders” in the House. Trump can berate and bluster all he wants, but there is still this thing called separation of powers.

Hopefully, this greases the skids for Ryan’s rapid exit.


53 posted on 03/24/2017 12:56:22 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: TBP

Exactly!

A GOP majority House and Senate have already passed a bill to repeal Obamacare and sent it to Obama. Do the same again, but this time I would expect President Trump to sign it.


54 posted on 03/24/2017 12:56:22 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Mariner

Good, it was a piece of crap.


55 posted on 03/24/2017 12:56:32 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Mariner

This confirms to me that the first swamp needing to be drained is the GOPe.

I am convinced that Ryan et al set up Trump to fail and be neutralized while willing to sit it out for 4 years. They did not think there would be as strong push back in the House as there is


56 posted on 03/24/2017 12:56:42 PM PDT by llevrok (A group of baboons is called a "congress." Just sayin' .....)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Ryan sure looks like a wheeler dealer now. LOL

I think Trump punked him.”

He did. Trump wants to get rid of Ryan. Ryan the dumb $hit, doesn’t even see this.


57 posted on 03/24/2017 12:56:44 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Mariner

...House RINOs that is.

Around 40 stood up to be counted.

That should tell us quite a bit, if you think about it.

Are folks who support the Ryancare bill really convinced there are 197 Conservatives in Congress and only 40 Leftist Republicans? LOL

That one test alone reveals what is going on here.

We have known for a long time Conservatives were far in the minority of Republicans in Congress.

This confirmed it.


58 posted on 03/24/2017 12:56:54 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: Mariner

I have to agree with Hannity on this.

That Ryan didn’t write a bill to start with that had Republican consensus is almost criminally incompetence.

How can you go public with something that you’re not sure that your own team supports it?


59 posted on 03/24/2017 12:57:03 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: AU72

But ryno has his own ideas on tax reform...


60 posted on 03/24/2017 12:57:09 PM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that rmemoveth his neighbor's landmark)
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