Posted on 03/27/2017 9:05:20 AM PDT by Helicondelta
Texas U.S. Rep. Ted Poe quit the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Sunday after lawmakers failed to pass a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act two days before.
Poe had prepared to vote for the Republican American Health Care Act, which was ultimately pulled from the House floor when Republicans learned they did not have enough votes to pass it, reported Fox News. Poe said he was unhappy with the caucus opposition to the bill.
"To deliver on the conservative agenda we have promised the American people for eight years, we must come together to find solutions to move this country forward," said Poe, per Fox.
"Saying no is easy, leading is hard, but that is what we were elected to do. Leaving this caucus will allow me to be a more effective member of Congress and advocate for the people of Texas. It is time to lead."
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The problem is that the GOP consists of the same swamp monsters that the Dims elect. If keeping Trumps policy on track is important, the track out to at least be near conservative principals. Let’s just move on to the next issue and address that issue intelligently and in a Constitutionally conservative manner.
Of course, Ryan, Inc. is not interested in anything but re-election I fear.
Bull Cheese. I believe Ryan pulled the bill from a vote not because Republicans were not gonna vote for it.
But because Democrats were.
If POTUS' agenda is Obamacare 2.0 and ensuring once and for all Fed.gov swallows another 20% of the US economy, then its a crappy agenda.
Stop this making sense stuff. It’s causing heads to leak.
You’re right on target of course, but it doesn’t conform to the, “You just screwed up the universe” claim that the backers of Ryancare are feverishly hawking.
Besides, it revokes Obamacare.
Who wanted that?
Bwa ha ha ha...
I’m in agreement with you.
Submit that bill again. What a no brainier. It’s what they should have done to begin with, if they were serious.
Because the universal entitlement has been established now for 7 years. It won’t go away, the government will not take its hands off healthcare, they’ve essentially already taken it over (which is why costs are what they are - a command payment structure, regardless of cost) through the rapidly collapsing health insurance industry. When the industry does collapse, single payer is the man left in the room. You won’t take the universal entitlement away, that is sudden political death, so you have to establish a means to manage the universal entitlement - and since you (government) are the only game in town, it merely becomes what flavor of structure is created to manage the universal entitlement.
This was all inevitable once Medicare and Medicaid became the dominant structures determining healthcare costs. We’ve been heading down this road for more than 50 years now, and we’ve passed all the turn-off points.
“Why? He is the only stand up member of the Freedom Caucus. Nice to see there is one man who thinks for himself. The rest of them do what they are told”
Oh I think you meant the rest of the marching harpies that followed in lockstep as well as some on this site. I think that’s what you truly meant. Surely you couldn’t have meant the RINos were right...unless...you too...are a RINO personality cultist?
I assume that Poe wasn’t getting enough love from the MSM as a Freedom Caucus member. It seems that he buys the GOPe model of “leadership” - Lie to the base during primary and election seasons, then force crap sandwiches down the throats of the base when in office. I guess that the HFC might bid Poe good riddance.
When it’s a bad bill then saying “no” should be easy. But not as easy as saying “yes” just to go along with the flow regardless of what the flow is pushing.
“But because Democrats were.”
No, the Democrats were not going to vote for it...even if they might have liked it because it was a convoluted Frankenstein of a bill.
Nope, the Democrats were going to let Republicans hang themselves and put the knife in Trump...given that Trump went with Ryan and backed the bill, that’s where the knife ends up - at the highest point on the chain.
The Democrats’ goal is to cripple Trump and to ensure they retake government entirely by 2020 - and now they are well on their way. Then they get to be the people’s heroes and institute single payer to end this once and for all.
Lol you haven’t been here very long if you think that. I just have a problem with people who don’t negotiate in good faith. If they really couldn’t vote for the bill they should have said that from the get go. Instead they made demands and when those demands were met they made more demands. I’m not a supporter of the bill, but I’m even less a supporter of weasels who are not men of their word. I e dealt with u ion reps who have more honor
Bwhahaha Lee a never Trumper. It’s always the same with this crowd of personality cultists. Reminds me of Star Wars you’re either with me or against me. Hogwash! I’ve had enough of faux conservatives barking at others about this never Trump or that never Trump. Your mistake is that you make is personal and make it about the man instead of BAD POLICY. You and others of your ilk see it as with me 100% or it’s total defeat and complete betrayal to the one. This is kind of reminiscent of the followers of the last squatter. This is called cult of personality. It is not conservative to abandon ones principles when all they see in front of them is a man and even if dead wrong will continue lock step 100%
Sheep up!!!
They did and they had documented on their site extremely clearly that one thing, if it lowers copay and premiums then they are aboard. That never changed and when that could not be met well they said no.
Thank god they did
It’s easy to stand behind a bill that won’t count.
The Democrats’ goal is to cripple Trump and to ensure they retake government entirely by 2020 - and now they are well on their way. Then they get to be the people’s heroes and institute single payer to end this once and for all.
Exactly. We either hang together and back POTUS or we hang separately. Sadly, the never Trumpers and their dupes can’t see the forest through the trees.
Trump has in the past seemed to have supported single payer.
It didn't seem so easy when it came to blocking Obama's spending agenda.
-PJ
Only fifty times or so.
Is there some reason Ryan can’t pass that bill again?
Yes, there is. They don't actually want to repeal it. And we're the suckers for believing it from the get go.
If the agenda of POTUS & Congress is to further embed socialist medical care - the exact opposite of what they campaigned on & promised to the American people - then I welcome obstruction.
You listed the very reasons WHY the dems would vote for ObamaCare 2.0.
Their goal is - as you say - to cripple Trump. And what better way to do that than seeing to it that TrumpCare dooms the Trump presidency as ObamaCare doomed Obama’s.
But I get what you’re saying about Single Payer. That would be the optimal goal.
It's guaranteed. Obungholecare WILL explode. Enter single payer. It was designed this way from the start.
Feel like a stooge yet?
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