PandaPandaPanda
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i'm going to hope this will blow up in their face and rightfully so
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US House votes to adopt AHCA (Republican health care); bill moves to Senate
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i'm going to hope this will blow up in their face and rightfully so
hydragonwarrior
Member
Never underestimate Repubs - the Trump election should be permanent proof of this.
And soon the GOP will want to make protests illegal all together. "Creates traffic" they will say.
Fucking disgusting.
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Please tell me this won't pass the Senate.
"The Nana Ruth Freedom Act"
dynamitejim
Member
Taunting them because they'll take back the majority and undo as much damage as possible is perfectly acceptable.
Right. How many Bernie backed candidates won against their Republican opponents last year? Ossof is a pragmatic moderate and is raising a ton of money. Meanwhile, the Berniecrats are crying because they're not getting any of that dirty corporate lobbyist money from the evil DNC.
BronsonLee
Member
BREAKING: Senate will wait for CBO score before voting on healthcare bill - Majority leader Mitch McConnell
That tells me this thing is getting bounced back
That tells me this thing is getting bounced back
nintendoman58
Member
They already tried and those bills got tossed to the wind.
Psychoward
Banned
Well, even my rep broke ranks to vote no.
Good fucking bye to any rep who voted yay in a deep blue state though
Good fucking bye to any rep who voted yay in a deep blue state though
Good. This shit needs to be detailed and rated so it will be nailed to the wall as the atrocity that it is
"The Freedom Patriotic Liberty Freedom Traffic Act"
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
Gonna be deader than disco
Only way this was going to pass was if they shoved it through in a hurry
Crimson_Gold
Member
This is reasonable
Carpe Libertatem
Member
how do you propose the minority party stop the majority party from doing what they want
They'll try again, and again and again. Just like this, Net Neutrality, etc.
don't know what to tell you, people were saying this won't get voted upon again but here we are
now where is that picture of the man that was nervous about Trump
They won't have the votes but reconciliation muddies the water.
plagiarize
Banned
No see, they secretly wanted this to pass. That's why they all showed up and voted against it. Clearly.
GravityInsanity
Member
Never underestimate idiots who voted for Trump and the media for giving him so much coverage during the election.
Wow, just wow. :eyesoutloud:
GoldenEye 007
Member
And for all you people bitching about Democrats not doing anything, they are already starting to use this vote against GOP candidates.
https://twitter.com/katieporteroc/status/860204162339844096
Fucking dumbass stuff.
https://twitter.com/katieporteroc/status/860204162339844096
Fucking dumbass stuff.
Good!
Netherscourge
Banned
It will never pass the Senate as-is unless they can use magical numbers to make it lower the budget deficit.
Any bill that adds to the budget requires 60 votes in the Senate, not 51.
GoP only has 52. They would need 8 Dems to vote for it too. That won't happen.
The GoP will have to strip benefits from their own bill to get it below the budget threshold and passed in the Senate with only 51 votes, but if they do that, they might have trouble getting the new version passed in the House again. And if they touch anything relating to preexisting conditions, like making that coverage more expensive to balance the budget cost, some GoP Senators will probably vote against it too.
They will have to make concessions with Democrats or it's not going to pass.
A reasonable approach? Nice surprise.
hydragonwarrior
Member
If it does pass, at least it means Repubs will own it.
But Repubs almost 100% controls the narrative with the voting population, so they could effectively mask it as a success.
But Repubs almost 100% controls the narrative with the voting population, so they could effectively mask it as a success.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Got'em
T
thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
It's basically 100% certain it will be changed. Potentially even to the point you might as well call it a completely different bill entirely. Even without weird filibuster rules, the Senate does not like rubber stamping the things the house send them.
But it seems to me that some form of it is very likely to be made into law.
It'll never work. The left are held to a different standard than the right. See: "So much for the tolerant left."
Poodlestrike
Banned
I have a simple procedure for anybody directing even an iota of the scorn and derision and hate at Dems that should be directed entirely at Republicans right now.
1. Take your feelings towards dems. Concentrate them into a ball.
2. Take that ball and place it in your palm.
3. Close your hand and shove it all the way up your ass.
4. At your convenience, fart out the feelings into the wind, never to be seen or heard from again.
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people. Now is NOT the time to be picking fights with Democrats. The Republicans just passed a bill aimed squarely at destroying the lives of millions of people and you're hung up on the fucking Optics of the Dem reaction? Are you shitting me? If the Republican media wants to try and spin it let them! Don't lend them your voice and agreement!
And don't fucking lose focus on the actual game. Call your senators, tell them you're gonna fucking destroy them if they vote for this garbage,abd call your represtatices to either congratulate them on standing up to the AHCA or tell them that you'll fucking see them in 2018 if they voted for it. Make it clear that actions have consequences. Don't fucking wring your hands over the fucking Dems. Jesus Christ.
1. Take your feelings towards dems. Concentrate them into a ball.
2. Take that ball and place it in your palm.
3. Close your hand and shove it all the way up your ass.
4. At your convenience, fart out the feelings into the wind, never to be seen or heard from again.
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people. Now is NOT the time to be picking fights with Democrats. The Republicans just passed a bill aimed squarely at destroying the lives of millions of people and you're hung up on the fucking Optics of the Dem reaction? Are you shitting me? If the Republican media wants to try and spin it let them! Don't lend them your voice and agreement!
And don't fucking lose focus on the actual game. Call your senators, tell them you're gonna fucking destroy them if they vote for this garbage,abd call your represtatices to either congratulate them on standing up to the AHCA or tell them that you'll fucking see them in 2018 if they voted for it. Make it clear that actions have consequences. Don't fucking wring your hands over the fucking Dems. Jesus Christ.
Seen on twitter: "Call the AHCA the Caesar bill because it's going to die on the floor of the Senate"
looks like she is the decider.
Obamacare's little secret
Meet the most important person you don't know.
EatinOlives
Member
To the people finger-wagging the Dems: congratulations, you're part of the problem! How does it feel?
BoosterDuck
Banned
yes thank god your tax dollars are paying for his golf trips and vacations
Velocity:Design:Comfort
Banned
The amount of snarling condescension in this post is the problem with Dem unity, not Bernie supporters.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Not surprised.
2Smashed4U
Banned
Word, but wouldn't they have to get the healthcare industry on board again too? Or was that just kind of a formality last time?
VeryGooster
Banned
Julie Percha
@juliepercha
A HUGE vote hour here on Hill: Senate passes budget bill 79-18 to fund govt through Sept. 30, and House passes GOP health care plan 217-213
@juliepercha
A HUGE vote hour here on Hill: Senate passes budget bill 79-18 to fund govt through Sept. 30, and House passes GOP health care plan 217-213
BreezyLimbo
Banned
wait
just hearing that the house dems started singing when the bill got passed to the senate?
l o l
this kinda shit is why nobody likes dem representatives
just hearing that the house dems started singing when the bill got passed to the senate?
l o l
this kinda shit is why nobody likes dem representatives
GoldenEye 007
Member
And this is more bullshit. Do you not see the posters actually blaming Democrats here? That's the crap that pisses people off.
Probably the only thing they can do is to decrease the Medicaid eligibility. Basically everything else probably requires 60 votes.
There's snarling condescension because the Republicans in the House just pushed through a bill that will take away people's healthcare and people are bitching that the Democrats who voted against it don't care.
That deserves snarling condescension.
Buddha Beam
Banned
The sheer incompetence the Democrats have displayed for the last decade makes me pretty depressed. They won big in 2006 by putting forth a positive vision that includes everyone. This whole, "We'll just let the republicans step on those rakes" strategy they've been running ever since then isn't ever going to work.
Maybe 8 years of Trump will be what it takes. If the country is still recognizable after that long, at any rate.
Here's the frustrating thing:I actually live in a state that tossed a republican senator for a democrat last year. On a federal legislative level my area is straight blue. The people in my area made all the right choices and we're still getting fucked. The only thing I can hope for is ousting our republican governor in 2018 so we have someone to shield us from disastrous federal policy.
this twitter image captures the moment perfectly:
https://twitter.com/ReutersPolitics/status/860202745193783297
https://twitter.com/ReutersPolitics/status/860202745193783297
excelsiorlef
Member
All depends if the HFC are actually super villains or just putting on a show.
If they are super villains they'll revolt against a moderate Senate version and it's square one again.
This thing is getting crushed.