For 8 years they passed bills because they knew those bills would be vetoed.
Now they have to spell it out: they will only pass the bill if they are assured it wonât become the law.
They might be able to prove that smaller government is better⌠than this government.
Seriously now. I am having great trouble deciding what is more hysterical. Senateâs insanity/inanity or Scarymoochâs ranting. A win:win. Winning yet again!
If they wanted to be sure it gets amended and doesnât become law without coming back to the Senate, they could add a clause that says, âPaul Ryan will be shot at Sunrise on the morning of Oct. 1, 2017.â I bet the speaker wouldnât let it pass without going to conference. Though I am sure Trump would sign it.
UPDATE: I should have noted that this would be considered a trivial matter and allowed under the rules of reconciliation.
Once again the âpersonal responsibility crowdâ is asking someone to protect them from themselves. Keeping ALL of the Obamacare principles but repealing some of the pay-fors, is beyond stupid even for modern republicans.
If itâs so bad, why Vote Yes to begin with?
I know, I know⌠
Are you tired of winning?
Iâm sure tired of all this winning.
Hereâs a thought: if you donât support a bill becoming law, then donât vote for it.
And this time we weawy, weawy, mean it! Stomps tiny foot!
âThey can demand anything they want but Iâm not giving any commitment to any senator,â Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) told reporters less than an hour before Grahamâs comments, shortly after GOP leaders told members to keep their travel plans loose in case there are weekend votes.
âIf weâre voting on Saturday, it would be the skinny bill,â said Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), a close ally of President Trump who helped negotiate a part of the original House bill that won over some moderate New York Republicans.
And a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) emailed just as the press conference was beginning that âConference Committee is one option under consideration.â
There it is Senators McCain,Graham and Johnson. No guarantees. House GOPs simply donât give a f**k about you guys.
If the intention is really to get to reconcilliation (edit: I meant CONFERENCE), why pass a skinny repeal at all? If all you need to do is pass a bill that is not the house bill, you could pass a one sentence bill that does nothing. Or nothing meaningful.
The Senate Bill could Be
Whereas the Affordable Care Act shall henceforth be renamed the Obamacare Act.
Meaningless, but to trigger conference.
Donât pass Skinny Repeal unless youâre happy for Skinny repeal to happen
And the Freedom Caucus would vote for it.
Meanwhile, John Boehner swirls and sips his Merlot with a wry grin.
The countryâs going to hell in a handbasket, but thereâs plenty of dark humor to be found as we ride the Strangelovian bomb to its conclusion.
Just send the âbillâ to committee and write some REAL legislation. This bouncing it back and forth hoping the other house saves them (both house and senate have now pulled this) is just so much theater rather than actually doing the work of governing. sigh
I donât trust them not to cave.
OT and hilarious-
CBS Evening News starts with: âWhite House in Turmoil.â
LOVING this shit.
I am sure no one would lie to anyone else here. After all, we are all gentlemen!
They miss the good olâ days when they were sure that Obama was going to veto all their nonsense.
If there is one person who epitomizes trustwothiness on Capitol Hill it is Paul rAyn.
Good plan, Senators.
@Brian512. Probably a rye and gin, but you could be right.