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Republicans in the dark on big Obamacare vote
« on: July 24, 2017, 08:26:49 pm »
 Republicans in the dark on big Obamacare vote

Failure looks so certain that some lawmakers are trying to paint a narrow loss as success.

By Burgess Everett , Seung Min Kim and Jennifer Haberkorn

07/24/2017 01:51 PM EDT

Updated 07/24/2017 03:29 PM EDT

Senate Republicans are so pessimistic about their looming Tuesday vote to move to repeal Obamacare that some of them now believe that falling a vote or two short would count as a win.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team are urging the GOP caucus to cough up the 50 votes needed to begin debate on nixing the Democratic health care law — even though Republicans aren’t even sure what they'll be voting on and no proposal has the votes to pass. If McConnell’s gambit fails by just one vote, Republicans hope they can take another shot if and when Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) returns from cancer treatment.

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Re: Republicans in the dark on big Obamacare vote
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2017, 08:29:21 pm »
I heard Trump on the radio today exercising actual leadership on this.  He ain't the best orator in the world,  but his words were surely welcomed.

Again and again, he called the Democrats out for being complete liars.  But he also put the fire to Republicans to get it done.
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Re: Republicans in the dark on big Obamacare vote
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2017, 08:36:55 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on July 24, 2017, 08:29:21 pm
I heard Trump on the radio today exercising actual leadership on this.  He ain't the best orator in the world,  but his words were surely welcomed.

Again and again, he called the Democrats out for being complete liars.  But he also put the fire to Republicans to get it done.
The fact is Republicans have made promise after promise, aand do need to deliver.

Trump ran on "repeal and replace." Many House Reps and Senators did likewise. But some probably ran on "repeal" only. They did NOT make identical promises, but they did make promises.

If the gap between Collins, Murkowski, Cruz and Paul cannot be narrowed with a bill that gets 50 votes, the public would be justified to call them liars.

However Tuesday is not the end of the world. In 2010 the democrats finally had their signed bill, having taken FAR LONGER.

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