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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt appears McConnell has gotten commitment from Senator Shelly Moore Capito to vote for repeal
That means they would need John McCain and Mike Pence, as the tie-breaker, to vote to repeal the ACA (Obamacare).
That is their strategy as they head into the vote today.
It would be a big surprise if even one other Senator was to break ranks and vote not to repeal. No doubt, that would send Donald Trump into a tweeter-ranting rage.
Skittles
(153,426 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Vinca
(50,346 posts)The kicker is that this has little to do with healthcare and everything to do with Obama's legacy. Lives will come down to Dems winning big in the midterms so they can do a repair job and override a veto.
Demsrule86
(68,929 posts)bench scientist
(1,107 posts)kentuck
(111,111 posts)But with Trump's trip to WVA and with McConnell's decision to bring it up for a vote, one might assume that one of the three women that opposed it before had been persuaded to change her vote? I don't think it is Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski?
bench scientist
(1,107 posts)McCain isn't flying in to vote no..
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)who don't even want repeal.
OnDoutside
(19,990 posts)kentuck
(111,111 posts)I think they believe if they can get the votes to bring it to the floor, they will have the votes to repeal it.
OnDoutside
(19,990 posts)not seen.
ck4829
(35,100 posts)standingtall
(2,787 posts)is a trick to scare those were going to vote no on repeal into voting yes.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)most need help. She drank kool-aid w/ opioid token and to hell w/ much larger constituency of those on Medicaid.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Full of shit. WV really needs Medicaid and probably a lot of other shit in the ACA. They're screwed
ananda
(28,934 posts)for holdouts.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Even in West Virginia, the 13,000 job loss would roughly equal coal employment - and health care is growing, while coal isn't coming back 2/
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)you are fucked.
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