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PoliGAF 2017 |OT4| The leaks are coming from inside the white house

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Mccain now not certain on Motion to Proceed.


Fleeing cause it looks like it won't pass anyway?

As usual he's "concerned" and "dismayed" but he's moving forward with the vote to begin debate as per The Hill

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...pport-for-new-senate-bill-over-medicaid-fight

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) also voiced dismay with the legislative plan presented to the GOP conference Thursday.

He said he will vote for the motion to begin debate, but complained that the three amendments Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) wanted in the legislation were left out.

His tank is all empty on maverick juice.
 

Sciz

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The senators did point out that even though the plan keeps those taxes in place for now, they may eventually be repealed as part of changes to the tax code. "It may be that those taxes that are being kept will be eventually repealed, but it will be done as part of comprehensive tax reform, not as part of this," said Cassidy.

Hey Lindsey, what's the next thing on the Senate's to-do list?
 
Collins, Portman and Rand Paul, then .

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/13/rand-paul-sounds-ready-to-kill-the-senate-health-care-bill.html

That's 3. The thing is likely dead.

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CBO score is scheduled for early next week, I think.

We'll see the real defections at that point if the bill scores as badly as the previous ones have.
 
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Still deep cuts to Medicaid in Senate bill. Will vote no on MTP. Ready to work w/ GOP & Dem colleagues to fix flaws in ACA.
 

kirblar

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Collins committing to not only No on the bill, but wanting to work with Dems on ACA fixes seems like a big deal no?
Collins and Capito have both been talking up a bipartisan bill for the past week or two among others. It's a big signal that they think this bill is going to die.
 
So it's a PR stunt essentially?
This is what happened when Clinton's healthcare bill failed - senators started coming out of the woodwork with their own reform bills in an effort to pass anything and save face. There ended up being like four competing healthcare bills which made it extremely hard for the Democrats to sell a cohesive narrative.

Graham-Cassidy imo is an acknowledgment that BCRA isn't going anywhere and that the GOP should try something else or move on. I don't think it'll be seriously considered.
 

Stinkles

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Weird that the republicans are finally realizing that a shitty healthcare table flip might actually hurt them more than a bona fide Manchurian candidate.

"Wait everyone hates this more than a black guy?"
 
Another Dem nominee under FBI investigation? Sign me up!

Can't wait to make snarky "But his emails" memes in 2021 and feel smug about myself while Trump continues ruining the country.

Btw Biden polls better than Bernie and is more centrist than Clinton was. But let's ignore that Biden and Bernie are popular mainly because they're the two most well-known Democrats in the country who've never been placed under severe scrutiny.
 
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