Posted on 07/19/2017 5:32:22 AM PDT by Rockitz
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a leading conservative in the U.S. Senate and driving force on the healthcare debate that has played out this year, told Breitbart News exclusively on Tuesday he is pleased that the U.S. Senate is going to move forward on efforts to pass a clean partial repeal of Obamacare. Paul, one of the four GOP U.S. Senators who publicly opposed the Senate health bill that aimed to simultaneously repeal and replace Obamacare leading to its eventual demise, has been driving debate on healthcare in the U.S. Congress.
In the wake of the Senate bill’s ultimate failure on Monday night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump both publicly backed the idea he’s been pushing publicly for months now: That Congress should pass a clean repeal of Obamacare now, the bill they did in fact pass in 2015, then worry about the replacement later. Former President Barack Obama vetoed that bill then, but President Trump would sign it.
“I’m encouraged that we’re moving towards a clean repeal,” Paul told Breitbart News. “I’ve been advocating for some time that an insurance company bailout is not what we should be voting on. So now we’ve gotten rid of the insurance company bailout and we’re going to vote on what we voted on in 2015...."
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Let the waffeling Republicans vote AGAINST full repeal.
Time for them to show their cards.
It’s time for them to show their cards. This way, we know who to primary out of office over the next two elections. BUT we have to get a true Conservative Republican to run against them and then SUPPORT that candidate with plenty of cash bc the RNC sure won’t.
Who falls for this cap? Rand Paul is a dim witted moron, putting himself before America!
How many of these rotten turds are up for re-election in 2018 and 2020.....the RNC better NOT give them a dime for their re-election. Primary everyone of them.
In Maine there are 251 MEN and 1 million three hundred thousand pussies!
That pleased feeling didn't last long.
So you were for the 70 Billion dollars in direct pYments to insurers? You aren’t alone.. most of Congress wanted an #insurer bailout.
All Reps, and 1/3rd of senate.
The problem boils down to a few women.
Give them some new shoes and a few billions and they might come around.
IF we vote for true conservatives we’ll only have about 15 or so Senators.
FWIW there is this from Jonah, over at Never Trump Central:
I’m sorry you feel that way.
I think Rand Paul is a principled intelligent straight talker. I LIKE HIM!
He is RIGHT on Repeal then Replace.
He is one of our BEST Senators.
“...The problem boils down to a few women...Give them some new shoes...”
Yes - this is exactly what I told my husband last night.
However, new shoes and a few billion won’t do it for them to come around. They are rotten feminists who want Planned Parenthood funded. That is the sticking point for them even though they might not be saying it.
The desire for our government tax dollars to fund the killing of babies is holding up their vote. It is utterly and totally disgusting. And they will hold out - shoes won’t do it (I wish it would).
I’m with you southernindymom -
ID the twofaced losers and make them pay dearly. PDJT and Mitch have so very much to hold over their heads.
I’m hopeful this will be part of today’s nice lil luncheon.
The RNC is the problem. Time for a new party and let the GOP go the way of the Whigs.
Clean ‘partial’?!
Gimme a break. No such thing as a clean ‘partial’.
Clean is everything is off the table.
Your comment displays who’s truely the “dim witted” one.
Rand Paul with a couple others are the only true conservatives in the Senate who care more about the direction of this country then themselves.
We’ll see how far this gets.
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