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MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:19 AM Sep 2017

Senate likely to start voting on GOP death-care plan next Wednesday

https://www.axios.com/senate-looks-to-start-voting-on-gop-health-plan-next-wednesday-2487208910.html?utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=organic

Senate leadership is aiming to start voting on the Cassidy-Graham health care plan next Wednesday. "I think so. I think that's the likely thing," Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of leadership, told me.

Leadership is still trying to figure out where each senator stands.
The vehicle Republicans are using to pass the bill with only a 50-vote threshold expires next Saturday.
What we're watching: Sens. Lisa Murkowski and John McCain. If either of them (or a wild card) comes out against the bill before next week, it's unclear whether it would come to the floor.

"Some don't want to take another tough vote if the whole team (or at least 50) isn't on board. Some say we can't get this close and not try by forcing the vote – make people identify where they are. I think the 'vote no matter what' school is winning out," a senior GOP aide said.

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Two assholes now joining orange man to take health care from millions



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Senate likely to start voting on GOP death-care plan next Wednesday (Original Post) MyNameIsKhan Sep 2017 OP
When is the CBO report expected? sheshe2 Sep 2017 #1
Monday, partial score ... MyNameIsKhan Sep 2017 #2
Partial? sheshe2 Sep 2017 #3
CBO already said, they need more time and they cannot generate full score... only budget related MyNameIsKhan Sep 2017 #5
I hope the budget is enough to kill it. sheshe2 Sep 2017 #7
GOPers will lose either way. Eyeball_Kid Sep 2017 #4
The only plus I see is Orange man will work with them and they will kill Pres Obama's signature MyNameIsKhan Sep 2017 #6
Of course there will be a vote next week... Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #8
It does seems like now, otherwise why pickup this shit now... MyNameIsKhan Sep 2017 #12
Cassidy and Graham, the new architects of mass murder of Americans dalton99a Sep 2017 #9
I am so glad I read this post. I thought that I had heard earlier BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #10
The GOP will kill more Americans than standingtall Sep 2017 #11

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)
3. Partial?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:42 AM
Sep 2017

Will they have a full report before the vote? I thought they needed that. They can't possibly vote to kill 32 million people and give themselves billions in tax cuts without a full score. WTF?

MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
5. CBO already said, they need more time and they cannot generate full score... only budget related
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:51 AM
Sep 2017

score will be there to satisfy Senate parliamentarian.

sheshe2

(84,072 posts)
7. I hope the budget is enough to kill it.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:00 AM
Sep 2017

Dear Goddess, the GOP are inhumane. Tax cuts for them and death for millions.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,440 posts)
4. GOPers will lose either way.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:48 AM
Sep 2017

They'll be scorned by GOP voters if they TRY to repeal and fail. People with common sense will know that this repeal effort is fundamentally evil. And of course, they'll be scorned even more if they pass the bill. There will be no happy ending either way. The stupidity of introducing this bill is so extreme, it cannot be fathomed.

The only way that this makes sense is if Graham and Cassidy KNOW the bill will fail. By being certain of its failure, the GOP can legitimately claim that they haven't been sitting on their thumbs over the past 8 months-- they're actually trying to do things!-- even if it's asinine. They all know that this whole Congress is a pitiful fiasco. McConnell knows. Graham knows. And they also know that passing this bill will be the worst for THEM as a political party. So they are only pretending to be suicidal for short term political gain.

It's either that, or they don't care what happens to them.

MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
6. The only plus I see is Orange man will work with them and they will kill Pres Obama's signature
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:53 AM
Sep 2017

achievement, Do you think any citizens benefit is even being considered ?

All that is in works, is to remove everything that a black man left on our legacy... we are being cleansed (Sarcasm !!!!!)

Docreed2003

(16,906 posts)
8. Of course there will be a vote next week...
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:26 AM
Sep 2017

A bill, some bill, must pass to repeal the ACA in order to fund the tax cuts that the GOP has been pushing for months. This isn't new, it's been the same focus literally since Trump took office. This bill, as nasty and audacious as it is, will likely pass because it will be the ultimate undoing of Medicaid as we know it!! Poor seniors in nursing homes, sick kids, disabled young adults...well they're all screwed. This monstrosity is the wet dream of the Randians like Paul Ryan.

BigmanPigman

(51,674 posts)
10. I am so glad I read this post. I thought that I had heard earlier
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:34 AM
Sep 2017

that the CB0 score wouldn't be ready for a vote and was going to ask DUers if they knew anything about it. The GOP traitors "don't need no stinking" CBO score to vote. They will screw this country to get richer come hell or high-water. McConnell is the devil incarnate.

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