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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Gutless Republicans. Beller about “repeal and replace” for seven years, vote on it when you know there’ll be a veto pen, and backtrack now that the pen to sign repeal and replace is there. Disgusting!
Anyone have a breakdown on the republican “no” votes? Need to look hard at supporting primary challengers.
Time for new blood...
My thoughts exactly.
They’re all afraid of Rat propaganda if they vote it out.
They should be more afraid of being primaried and disappearing from the political scene forever.
They can’t do this, they can’t do anything.
Time to replace.
The Republican Senators who will abolish Obamacare have not been born.
Most likely, their grandparents are yet to be born.
Collins, Murkowski.
This was intentional.
Leadership added a conservative amendment that the ‘progressive’ R’s would vote against and a liberal amendment that conservatives would vote against.
NO votes: Collins, Corker, Cotton, Graham, Heller, Lee, Moran, Murkowski, Paul
Just repeal, do not replace. You ran on repealing this monstrosity. We do not want a replacement that enslaves us and can become a greater burden once dems are back in power.
How many Republicans voted to repeal?
How many voted to keep it?
I couldn’t find the vote record for the latest vote tonight, but you can start with these 2...they voted against even opening debate earlier today: Murkowski (R-AK) and Collins (R-ME).
The super majority, 2/3rd vote, is a Senate rule that is contrary to the will of the writers of the Constitution. They made it abundantly clear in eight years of contentious negotiating, that simple majority was the means of passing legislation and that the 2/3rd vote was needed only to approve treaties and overturn vetoes. The Senate blatantly acts contrary to the will of the framers.
We need new Republicans.
Alexander, Corker, Flake, Gardner, Graham, Hatch, Heller, Hoeven, Murkowsky, McCain, Rubio, Burr, Tillis, Portman, McConnell, Thune, Cornyn, Cochran, Isackson, Blunt, Johnson, Toomey, Capito, Rounds, Fischer, Collins, Wicker, Sasse are all Democrats in R jerseys.
They are going to obstruct Trump at every turn.
Obamacare will not be repealed.
The wall won’t be funded.
Nothing Trump wants.
I’d say they’re between a rock and a hard place. What to do? What to do? Gutless wonders.
Shameful.
7/17/2017, 11:34:48 PM · 8 of 28
MountainWalker to jonefab
“Oh, I hear Mitch is bringing a full repeal vote. I’ll set the O/U at 43 votes, and I’ll take the under. Any takers?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3569977/posts
Damn I’m good
>>>How many Republicans voted to repeal?
How many voted to keep it?<<<
The Vote was 43 to Repeal.
Do you know ONE Democrat that would Vote to Repeal Obamacare?
But this wasn’t a full repeal vote.
It was some hybrid monstrosity.
Supposedly there will be a full repeal vote... and I wouldn’t bet against you then.
How is 43 a to 57 Vote called “narrowly”?
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