Today’s silver lining.
Of several GOP coffins one must hope.
First up for discussion on the Senate floor: the amendment that abolishes the parliamentarian.
What, no GOP death panels?
Better start feeding Granny again, I guess…
This changes nothing. So far they’ve shown no indication that they have any common decency or moral compas. They’ll find something else to do, and keep trying until they succeed.
Keep calling, keep resisting.
Who knew reconciliation could be so complicated?
Then the Attorney General.
Then the Special Prosecutor.
Then the Constitution.
Silver-plated, at best…
I tend to be an optimist, yet it is hard to stay an optimist with the R’s continually squeezing out the votes they need. When will country come before party?
Sweet Jesus, at least there’s one.
Has Dolt 45 started talking trash about the parliamentarian yet?
It wouldn’t shock me at all if the Senate votes to overrule the parliamentarian or even dissolve the position entirely. They’ve already abolished the filibuster for all appointees. Why not break this tradition too?
I don’t see how the “skinny” repeal would be permissible under the reconciliation rules. It would result in the CBO scoring it as increasing the federal government’s spending on the health care subsidies as younger and healthier people drop insurance while the requirement of insurers to take any customers (mostly sicker and older people) would require the federal government to pay more for premium subsidies, because of the income percentage limit on premiums the insureds are required to pay out-of-pocket. Since it would blow up the deficit, rather than creating tax savings, like the disastrous House bill, how can the Senate pass this under reconciliation?
Through the magic of stagecraft, of course!
Senate Republicans could theoretically overrule the parliamentarian — but it would gut an age-old tradition in the Senate and essentially eliminate the legislative filibuster. Enough Republicans are wary of doing so, even if they liked the bill, that this isn’t going to happen.
I’m sorry, but I can’t see how such an absolute statement could be made. At this point, I put nothing past this gaggle of human-shaped excrement. They are capable of anything and everything. (except maybe of doing the right thing.)
DAMN …
And just when they were hitting their stride —
Who knew congressing could be so complicateried?