Discussion: House Votes To Eliminate Congress Carve-Out From O'Care Repeal Bill

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“House Votes To Eliminate Congress Carve-Out From O’Care Repeal Bill.”

What a bold, statesmanlike move–Although it occurred only after the plan was outed by some pesky reporter. Damn that First Amendment! :joy_cat:

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Well damn, if they’d only eliminated the internet first, they would have been able to pass the bill before anyone knew what was in it…

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Do we know which congressperson wrote it in in the first place?

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     >  Do we know which congressperson wrote it in in the first place?

429-0. I guess nobody is owning up to it.

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Carve-outs are for turkeys. How appropriate.

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“Most Americans know that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” Rep. Pete Olsen (R-TX) said.

It’s interesting that he found it necessary to use the qualifier “most” rather than “all.”

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“We firmly believe members of Congress should live by the same rules as everyone else. Period,” Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) said Thursday on the House floor. “It’s only right. It’s only proper.”

Yeah… I hate to break it to you Mikey but congress has exempted itself from scores of laws over the years. I’d be very impressed if you decided to wipe those away too.

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Don’t most of them get their coverage on the D.C. exchanges, and are therefore basically protected from what their home states might do?

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The repealed provision was supported by (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-115hr2192ih/pdf/BILLS-115hr2192ih.pdf) Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. FLORES, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. OLSON, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. WALKER, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. UPTON, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. BRAT, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. YOHO, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. FORTEN- BERRY, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. STEWART, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BUDD, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. HARPER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. JOHN- SON of Ohio, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. FASO, Mr. GARRETT, and Mr. GOWDY)