Originally published at: All Dem Amendments Rejected During Overnight Marathon Markup Over Medicaid Cuts
The House Energy and Commerce Committee finished their budget markup hearing Wednesday afternoon, advancing the health care portion of the legislation — which includes massive cuts to Medicaid — in a party line 30-24 vote after more than a day of debate. The marathon budget markup started Tuesday afternoon and featured raucous protests from demonstrators…
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“Stop pandering to the little people with your outrageous insinuation that cutting public services that keep people alive is somehow of more value to America than allowing rich people to keep every last cent of their money!”
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Democrats feel the need to run on the promise of reaching across the aisle. Reaching across the aisle is NEVER something Republicans do or aspire to. Stop already. Next time Democrats have a majority in either house, run them the eff over. Right the ship of state. After being a voter for 64 years and always being the party seeking agreement, comity and compromise, I am completely over it. Do as they do. Obviously, the ends justify the means. Idealism be damned.
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I agree and would add that a key difference is that Republicans know, or at least are not afraid, to use power.
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Given how tight the final vote is going to be, with multiple factions within the GOOP having reasons to break withe the party, you’d think they’d want to offer a fig leaf to some Ds to give them an excuse to vote AYE in the end.
Too much to ask of the Food Stamp Nazis.
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The GOP murders continue…
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Nothing unexpected here.
Fatso wants a free airplane, but the desperate need to fuck off.
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I would like to see the evidence that making the GOP vote down amendments or holding them up on votes is actually an effective political strategy. Cory Booker’s filibuster obviously got some attention. But I’m guessing precisely zero voters who are not news addicts have an idea that this Medicaid voterrama happened. I also am highly skeptical that you can really cut effective ads based on this for the midterms. You can’t break through polarization that way.
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AND every single Democrat needs to SCREAM this from the rooftops. No niceties. None. SCREAM!!!
The House floor portion of Republicans’ “big, beautiful” bill could still come apart as far-right members of the conference have been calling for steeper cuts and complaining about the deals leadership has been making with some vulnerable House Republicans.
Yeah, that’s not going to happen. The farthest right members will continue with their theatrical demands but will dutifully fall in line with the far right in a show of party unity. You can’t let the perfect goal of fucking over everybody be the enemy of the very good goal of fucking over most of them.
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The aisle to reach across has simply disappeared. The Republicans sailed a large ocean away from what is American when they embraced authoritarianism.
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Give the GOP a taste of their own medicine!
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There is wielding power, then there is the Rethug variety which is cheat, sneak, lie, cheat some more and say fuck you to the American people.
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