Posted on 07/25/2017 7:24:08 PM PDT by Innovative
The Senate voted narrowly on Tuesday to begin debate on a bill to repeal major provisions of the Affordable Care Act, but hours later, Republican leaders suffered a setback when their most comprehensive plan to replace President Barack Obama’s health law fell far short of the votes it needed.
The Tuesday night tally needed to reach 60 votes to overcome a parliamentary objection. Instead, it fell 43-57. The fact that the comprehensive replacement plan came up well short of even 50 votes was an ominous sign for Republican leaders still grappling with a formula to pass final health care legislation this week.
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This amendment wasn’t a repeal. It was repeal AND replace with a weird hybrid of changes to Obamacare.
Paul said Mitch promised him a vote on a repeal amendment if Paul voted to allow debate, which he did. So a true vote on repeal should be coming.
Of the nine Republicans who voted no, only two are up for reelection in 2018: Corker of Tennessee and Heller of Nevada.
The no votes: Susan Collins (Maine), Bob Corker (Tenn.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Dean Heller (Nev.), Mike Lee (Utah), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Rand Paul
No one thought this would pass. The media is deliberately misleading in their reporting to create another 'Republicans in disarray' narrative.
Going to be and interesting re-elexction season for these A holes. I don't think they have a clue how pissed of the people back home are.
My notes for Tennessee show that Larry Crim has announced that
he will run against Bob Corker in the primaries.
I do not see a challenger for Nevada’s Dean Heller
Stop giving ACA TLC!
Repeal.
Repeal. Repeal. Repeal. Repeal. Repeal. Repeal. Repeal.
THEN work on replacement.
Excellent. The more pro-Trump primary challengers there are to run against weak-kneed GOPe Swamp Things who refuse to have the President's back, the better.
I anticipate the Democrats getting slaughtered in 2018, but, hopefully, there will also be a much stronger and passionate class of pro-Trump Republicans as well.
The Swamp will never be drained unless both of these things happen...
Keep in mind that what they call repeal does not repeal, it amends.
The Republican party is GARBAGE.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
If tom cotton had done the right thing he wouldn’t have voted for cloture to allow a vote to fund the original Obama care. He could have let the gov shutdown seven years ago and brought this nonsense to a head before it started. I have no use for my senator, have yet to see him use his backbone as a politician, definitely not a statesman. Another RINO lite.
3/5, not 2/3 of the senate is required to pass this kind of bill (unless the gop goes nuclear and changes the rules). Here is another fun fact: without the 3/5 rule, the senate would have passed amnesty and GW Bush would have signed it into law.
Corrected to the only solution that will enforce actual change.
“Time for new blood...”
No, time to man the pitchforks and head for our Versailles.
The GOP needs to go away so a genuine party of opposition can replace them.
Damn them all to hell.
The only one down there worth anything is Trump. They are crap. Crap. Gutless cowards.
>> Time for new blood...
Precisely, and 2018 can bring that. We have much opportunity in the Senate, and of course, the House is completely up for grabs.
A national effort must be made to dethrone McConnell and Ryan while installing the new blood you speak of. And “we the people” must bitch-slap the RNC into complying.
Those three voted no because this was not repeal, it was repair Obamacare.
It leaves too much of it in place.
The others don’t want any of it repealed.
I didn’t know that Tom Cotton was in the Senate when Obamacare was enacted.
I recall that POTUS Trump previously stated that he would support a GOP candidate running against Heller in NV.
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