As evil as the day is long.
It wasnât worth waiting for the CBO score before the House vote, Mr. Speaker. By waiting now, youâre acknowledging the bill as it now stands makes steaming cow poo smell like Chanel.
Craven
They rushed the bill to soothe Trumpâs bruised ego and to hold a very public party at the White House, to make it look like they were getting things done.
someone please punch this guy in the face really hard.
"âŚwe just want to make sure that we dot our âIâs and cross our âTâs exactly the right way, so that when we send the bill over to the Senate, it is not, as we say, fatal.â
If you donât want a fatal bill, toss the AHCA in the nearest shred bin.
Of course. They all needed a bigly win to show they understand that governmenting stuff.
Got any popcorn? Iâve run out.
EDITâDoes Ryan get how ironic his use of the word âfatalâ is?
And what if the CBO score comes back and you donât like it⌠are you not going to send the bill to the Senate? It passed the house. I wasnât aware that the speaker was authorized to just not pass along legislation to the Senate after it passed.
âWeâve been torturing the CBO analysts in an undisclosed location since the bill passed and weâre close to getting them to confess, uh, admit, uh, I mean state that the AHCA will reduce the deficit. It should only take another week to break their spirits, and maybe a few knuckles in the process, but the bill will be ready to move on.â
Thatâs how I see it too. They rushed the bill and didnât bother to get it scored, and now they donât even know if it can pass with a simple majority in the Senate. This was all theater just as it was the other 50 some odd times they passed an OâCare repeal. This is all actually kind of hilarious.
Wanted to be âcarefulâ? Irony-free, thy name is GOP.
I think appeasing Trump was just a bonus. In the end, they had to do it the instant they had the votes. No way it wouldâve survived waiting 3 weeks of constant media attention, a CBO score, and constituent pressure.
True â but this will give Yertle the Turtle time to adjust the Senate rules to allow for reconciliation regardless.
not a chance
rethugs donât do irony
Meanwhile itâs day 1 of Trumpâs proposed budget and itâs already dead. One of the funniest paragraphs Iâve read in a while (courtesy of nbcnews.com)
âBoth Republican and Democratic lawmakers rejected President Donald Trumpâs proposed budget blueprint even before it was formally released Tuesday, saying that the cuts are too steep and the accounting is too unrealistic. Lawmakers said the document, which reflects the presidentâs broad vision, will go nowhere in Congress.â
Ah, thatâs true too. I think youâre both right. The pressure coming from the WH to pass something, anything, is the reason they revived the bill in the first place, but because it was so terrible they had to quickly push it through without CBO scoring and couldnât risk letting it linger in the House. They mightâve been able to get a better bill that would somewhat hold up under media scrutiny if theyâd been able to take their time to craft it and browbeat their caucus,but PP wasnât having any of it.
In GOP households the wife irons while the husband steals.
Nothing but a nasty little ratfker. Truly despicable.
Hey, I bought my last car the same way.