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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill the AHCA vote need 60 votes in the Senate?
Or will it be a simple majority under reconciliation?
Either way this looks like a huge lift for them.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)But if the dems filibuster, it would take 60 for cloture. Unless McTurtle has changed the rules recently.
still_one
(92,526 posts)the votes to remove the legislative filibuster anyway. There are enough republicans who won't go for that
Wounded Bear
(58,792 posts)the Senate has an office that determines if it can be done under reconciliation. Every Dem Senator I've heard has said none of them will vote for it as it stands.
briv1016
(1,570 posts)IADEMO2004
(5,580 posts)welivetotreadonkings
(134 posts)We shall see. Really hope this cruel monstrosity fails.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)Or, failing that, eliminating the filibuster as it applies to legislation is always a possibility.
still_one
(92,526 posts)rewrite the bill, and unless it is equivalent or better than the ACA, the Democrats won't vote for it, and I believe there are not enough Senate republicans that would accept a bill that doesn't cover pre-existing conditions and other issues.
If they manage to get a rewrite through, which would almost certainly mean a less drastic bill, that the house freedom caucus would accept it is very questionable.
That is why 2018 may literally be a life and death situation
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)They plan to draft their own bill from scratch.
Gothmog
(145,965 posts)There are several provisions in the House bill that are not eligible for treatment under reconcilation. The Senate GOP is starting from scratch and will hopefully exclude these provisions