Sellouts. Fucking sellouts. All of them.
Destroy the health insurance market, leave 18 to 35 million without health care, take Medicare away from people destitute in mind and finances and children born in poverty…because gop needs to pass a bill…ANY bill.
I really thought they had hit bottom with President Tweedy, but actually they are worse.
McCain apparently is in conference Arizona Governor Doug Ducey who said this on his FB page:
“It’s no secret Obamacare has been a disaster for Arizona and that I want it repealed and replaced. However, I agree with Senator McCain that the bill on the table clearly isn’t the right approach for Arizona. I’ve outlined what I’m for and how to increase flexibility for states to improve our health care system. We want to get the policy right, so my office and Senator McCain’s office will continue to work together closely to achieve the best result possible for Arizonans.”
It sounds like McCain is a no, but I’m not gonna hold my breath. He said he didn’t like Trumpcare and then voted for it.
Posturing vandal sons of bitches. This is just like the sequester, you hold a gun to your head and say don’t make me pull the trigger and somehow you don’t shoot yourself and government gets smaller and smaller and does less and less for anybody who could actually use some help. Sons. Of. Bitches.
I think this thing still is pretty fluid. From CNN it seems like McCain & Graham will align themselves.
Is Pence in the Capitol yet?
No. He is still partying with the religious right over President Tweedy’s tossing the transgender folks out of the military.
If Collins and Murkowski are still a no, then all it takes is one more. Could McCain save the day? I know that’s laughable …
10:24 eastern-Murphy finished, Manchin up. No chance that any Democrat votes yes.
I think there’s 3 somewhere. If so they sure as hell arent telling reporters. After all, this isn’t the White House.
Best bet would probably be Lee. Rand Paul has managed to prevent the Medicaid cuts and Cruz is allergic to doing anything helpful even out of spite, but Lee has to keep his ‘konztitushunal skolar’ cred somehow.
It might be whoever the lobbyists can get to. I’ve been on three threads today and hardly anybody’s mentioned them.
Ryan’s statement is pretty plainly 'of course we’ll vote on the skinny bill the moment the Senate won’t approve the conference bill. We need to get something to the President, or the House GOP looks like the villains. The Senate needs to share the blame!"
gop is in full frenzy!
Sen. Whitehouse up. When there’s a break CSpan will announce sked, if we’re lucky. Of course, might not be set in stone.
It’s Bernie!
Capito refused to say how she would vote on the skinny repeal bill. When reporters asked why she wanted to leave the public in suspense, she trilled as she descended a spiral staircase into the Capitol’s basement: “Because it’s fun!”
My word.
McCain has NEVER come through on anything!
I’m not smart enough to fully understand the bill’s language but it appears to have the same state waivers for the Essential Health Benefits that the parliamentarian already said failed the Byrd Rule. Did they successfully tweak the language just enough to make it acceptable?
Probably not. They expect Pence to ignore the parliamentarian.
If not, McConnell will just overrule. They haven’t waited for a CBO score, either, which should preclude voting under reconciliation.