Report: Democrats Violate Rules to Dare GOP To Vote Against Insulin Cap

[mystery-ak]

Report: Democrats Violate Rules to Dare GOP To Vote Against Insulin Cap

Joel B. Pollak 7 Aug 2022

Democrats have inserted a provision in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” that would cap the price of insulin for consumers at $35 per month, though doing so would violate the rules of the reconciliation process to pass the overall bill.

The goal is to punish Republicans for voting against the overall bill — though a separate bill on insulin prices was already making its way through the Senate.

Notably, in his first week in office, President Joe Biden canceled President Donald Trump’s executive order capping the prices for insulin and epinephrine. He then spent months attacking Congress for not lowering prescription drug prices. (Ironically, drug prices have fallen anyway, even in the midst of overall high inflation.)

The “Inflation Reduction Act” would not actually reduce inflation, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called the bill a “fraud”; even Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) admitted inflation was not affected.

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1556106976706404352

However, Democrats claim — and the CBO agrees — that the bill will reduce deficits slightly, including by raising some taxes.

CNN’s Manu Raju, quoting Sen. John Thune (R-SD), said that Republicans plan to raise a point of order to object to the insulin provision in the bill, noting that the Senate parliamentarian has already said that it violates the rules of the Senate:

more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/07/report-democrats-violate-rules-to-dare-gop-to-vote-against-insulin-cap/

[Hoodat]

Rules are for the other guy.

[Cyber Liberty]

It takes only one Senator to overrule the Parliamentarian.

[GtHawk]

  Didn't Trump have something in place to lower insulin costs and BitterBastardBiden killed it along with every other Trump EO or policy that benefited every day average Americans, and now a year and a half later the democrats are pretending to be the saviors of diabetics? Hey Joe how's that conquering of cancer going?

[Kamaji]

Didn't Trump have something in place to lower insulin costs and BitterBastardBiden killed it along with every other Trump EO or policy that benefited every day average Americans, and now a year and a half later the democrats are pretending to be the saviors of diabetics? Hey Joe how's that conquering of cancer going?

[mystery-ak]

Senate Republicans strip out insulin price cap from Dems' social spending bill

Senate Republicans stripped a provision capping the price of insulin from Democrats' social spending and tax bill, after Democrats left it in the bill despite warnings it did not comply with rules for the process they're using to pass the legislation.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., made the motion on the matter for Republicans, saying, "I believe this violates the rules of reconciliation."

That triggered a motion from Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to waive the rules of reconciliation. Seven Republicans voted for keeping the provision: Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, John Kennedy, R-La., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss.

But the seven GOP votes, plus all Democrats, were not enough to reach the 60-vote threshold necessary to pass. The vote failed 57-43.

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., however emphasized to reporters that the senate parliamentarian and her opinions on reconciliation rules do not control what happens in the Senate. She is technically only an advisor, and senators control what goes in bills.

"I've been very clear here. If we don't get an insulin cap, it's because my colleagues have decided to block it," Warnock said. "The parliamentarian's rules are not self-enforced. So the only way we don't do what 20 other states have already done, many of them red states, is if folks here decide to put politics in front of the people."
Posted by Tyler Olson

[Killer Clouds]

What I don't understand is Trump was told by the courts that he couldn't cancel Obummer's EOs but it was ok for Traitor Joe to cancel all of Trump's EOs.

[Hoodat]

"I've been very clear here. If we don't get an insulin cap, it's because my colleagues have decided to block it," Warnock said.

Warnock is a lying POS.  We already had an insulin cap, a cap that his hero Joe Biden repealed with the stroke of a pen.  And Warnock's voting record has been 100% with Joe Biden.

I cannot emphasize this enough.  Republicans are not going to win the parliamentary game against the Democrats.  Any amendment they propose will only give cover to any Democrats facing tough election battles in November.  The ONLY weapon they have at their disposal is to delay, delay, delay.  They need to ditch the substance of their proposed amendments and replace it by offering amendments that are thousands of pages long.  This bill has to be pushed out until after Jan 5 of next year.

And the fact that the Republicans aren't willing to do this proves why they are known as the Stupid Party.

[Hoodat]

What I don't understand is Trump was told by the courts that he couldn't cancel Obummer's EOs but it was ok for Traitor Joe to cancel all of Trump's EOs.

What I don't understand is why Republicans can't accept this as a sign that Democrats don't and won't play fair.  Here they are offering their short little policy statement amendments with zero chance of getting passed instead of fighting to keep the bill from getting a floor vote.