Well, to be fair, the House will probably not rubber stamp it and they may end up sinking it.
But they found a way to make healthcare even shittier. An amazing feat.
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House GOP may pass Senate's "skinny repeal" outright. CALL YOUR SENATORS.
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Well, to be fair, the House will probably not rubber stamp it and they may end up sinking it.
But they found a way to make healthcare even shittier. An amazing feat.
They need to spite Obama. They dont care about anything or anybody else.
Skinny is on paper now? It's whole 8 pages: https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HealthCareFreedomAct.pdf
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Here's your skinny bill
https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/890753039505731585
I desperately hope this being public now slows things down in some way.
Our government is willing to kill millions of us just to posture about killing our last president's legacy.
Glitchesarecool
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https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/890655193129525248
they're literally going to rubberstamp it before going on vacation
there is no public comment period, these people are our representatives and speak for us (lol)
Ryan has basically said they will rubber stamp whatever they send in without even a conference.
Done. Though it's Rob Portman so unfortunately it won't do much.
sturgboski
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That is like the opposite of what Politico got where the Reps were basically eagerly waiting to get this bill and send it right to agent Oranges desk.
The Republicans are terrorists.
Well, hope you have insurance. 🤐
maabus1999
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How does this bill not raise the debt? HSA increase and the medical tax repeal alone should make this a 60 vote requirement....
That would be fucking disastrous, but I should stop being surprised that the party is inept.
They talked about it some in the primetime shows. There really wasn't anything to talk about until just now, this is the first time we've seen the bill in question.
darthsontin
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It also has the Planned Parenthood funding ban which was ruled by the Parliamentarian to be out of bounds.
Randolph Freelander
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This is why you don't trust anything Graham says about anything ever, because despite it all, he's still a Republican.
Glitchesarecool
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Doesn't matter, they can ignore parliamentarian if they choose.
Er, that's a good point. The bill seems more substantial than I was expecting.
Seriously? How are so many important checks and balances OPTIONAL?
Every step of this process has had that "well surely the GOP can't be THAT terrible" pause, followed by them then meeking through their garbage.
McCain's little sunset speech the other day epitomizes these establishment farts so well. A lot of grandiose talk about how we need to do better, come together as a country, bla bla bla, followed by them falling in line and advancing whatever shit is the will of the party.
It's getting hard to stay optimistic when the leading party of our country is willing to scarfice our health as a nation for the fucking sake of a "win".
Info is 6 hours out of date. Ryan has assured senators he will take it to conference.
Wait, so this will need 60 votes? Either it's dead on arrival then, or they are planning to nuke the filibuster.
maabus1999
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That would be the ultimate nuclear option and destroy the Senate long term...
They can, but doesn't that essentially kill the filibuster?
Netherscourge
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Lindsey Graham is such a snake.
He's been trashing the Skinny Repeal idea for two straight days and now he's willing to vote Yes after a single phone call from Paul Ryan.
He's been trashing the Skinny Repeal idea for two straight days and now he's willing to vote Yes after a single phone call from Paul Ryan.
BronsonLee
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They're basically playing hot potato at this point
Glitchesarecool
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Not if it means that it'll require 60 votes, unless they nuke the filibuster. Unless that's what you meant.
Randolph Freelander
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They're more interested in killing poor people.
InsaneZero
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Essentially? That IS the nuclear option.
Ah yes, HSAs fix everything. Everyone definitely has money to put into those. Now you have an even higher contribution limit to not hit.
(I actually have an HSA plan which works for me cause I'm a single healthy young adult, but it super doesn't for people in other situations.)
(I actually have an HSA plan which works for me cause I'm a single healthy young adult, but it super doesn't for people in other situations.)
NullPointer
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I don't think even the Republicans would go so far as to do something so shortsighted as nuke the filibuster...but f it, I've been wrong too many times before.
Orbis Tabula
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There's just, like, so much going on.
sturgboski
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I mean no tantrum needed, the Republicans are waiting with baited breath to get this on Trump's desk before tee time.
if the Republicans nuke the filibuster, the Democrats should just pass the entire goddamn shopping list once they eventually get power back. Fuck the bothsiders.
if the democrats ever win control of the senate again they'd just reinstate it
Ziltoidia 9
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So basically when they pass this because they expect a conference between house/senate, we are all living on the word of Paul Ryan.
We are f'd.
We are f'd.
Done. Cornyn got his but Cruz's line is "busy"
BoboBrazil
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Voting is happening tonight before midnight. McConnell on floor now.
So will the moderates support? Because if the HFC likes it, moderates won't.
Hexa
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Is it possible for them to unnuke it right before they give up power? Like how does this even work?
A long term advantage, but short term the amount of damage that the GOP will do will be catastrophic in nature. They will have free reign to do basically anything and everything they want with tax code, budget, and god knows what kind of crazy voting laws we'll see. By the time the pendulum swings back it'll be so scorched Earth that it'll be far too late to do anything substantial.
Ziltoidia 9
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Wait are you serious.
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