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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Mon Mar 13, 2017, 12:34 PM Mar 2017

Looks like Dean Heller (R- NV) is going to oppose Chump Care.

I saw this coming a mile away...

Dean Heller of Nevada, the only Republican senator who is up for reelection next year in a state Hillary Clinton won, said he worries that Ryan’s bill will hurt seniors and the poor. More significantly, he declared that he sees health care as a fundamental right – a principle that conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus explicitly reject. “Do I believe that all Americans should have access to health care? Absolutely, I do,” he said in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson. “Not everything in the Affordable Care Act is bad. As we move forward and take a look at some of these changes and what’s occurring, I think we ought to embrace what’s good in the Affordable Care Act.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/03/13/daily-202-with-obamacare-repeal-republicans-are-trying-to-accomplish-something-that-s-never-been-done/58c5e5fbe9b69b1406c75d60/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_daily202-1140a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9d962008abbd

It is a moral imperative we roll the Deplorables on Chump Care. If we do we can set those miscreants, mountebanks, and misanthropes on their heels and disrupt their entire poisoned agenda.

Fight until you feel you can't fight any more, and then fight some more.

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Looks like Dean Heller (R- NV) is going to oppose Chump Care. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 OP

But Heller still repeats the nonsense about "access to health care". guillaumeb Mar 2017 #1

Heller is scared, Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #2

Whatever Heller does he is not going to vote to repeal Medicaid expansion. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #3

Steve Wynn jerks Heller's chain. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #4

Wynn doesn't want a lot of sick and dying workers when Uncle Sam can pay for their health care. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #5

Doubt it. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #6

I see Wynn's properties are unionized. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #8

Trump is mandated by a Fedreral Judge Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #11

It looks like the Delano from the outside. It's boring looking. And there's no casino. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #13

Ruffin runs the place. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #14

Obama saved Vegas when he saved the economy. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #15

You nailed that for sure. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #16

Do you live in Vegas or the suburbs? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #17

Centenial Hills area. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #18

Who the heck is Ms. Lambe? Stand and Fight Mar 2017 #10

Sorry forgot it was Ms. Lange. Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #12

Did he cast his vote yet. old guy Mar 2017 #7

I don't expect Repubs to oppose the bill out of the goodness of their hearts. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #9

He "worries it will hurt seniors and the poor" louis-t Mar 2017 #19

Isn't this the same guy that called police on his constituents? pecosbob Mar 2017 #20

The senate is the last line of defense Cosmocat Mar 2017 #21

I'm falling out of my chair. This guy has never deviated from toting the R party line ffr Mar 2017 #22

Agree Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #26

I'll believe it after they take the vote. CK_John Mar 2017 #23

Same Here Leith Mar 2017 #25

Dean Heller (R-Save Ass) NBachers Mar 2017 #24

chump care mopinko Mar 2017 #27

I had a professor who used to say there is "nothing new under the sun." DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #28

if anyone is interested I posted this list bdamomma Mar 2017 #29

They aren't getting that plan through the Senate BainsBane Mar 2017 #30

It is the Deplorables Gettysburg. If we defeat them here it's down hill for the rest of their agenda DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #31

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

1. But Heller still repeats the nonsense about "access to health care".

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 12:48 PM

Mar 2017

Access to something that is unaffordable is access in name only. But if he does vote no, the vote is all that counts.

Edited to add:http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141727107

Another account of Heller's decision.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

2. Heller is scared,

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 12:53 PM

Mar 2017

his most recent Polling Numbers are showing him in big trouble. Ms.Lambe our Dem Party leader is not cutting him ant slack. If for some reason his numbers change,he will change with the wind. The Chamber of Commerce and Wynn/Adelson/Ruffin are his backers. SEIU is backing Steve Sysolak as well as most registered Dems.

Heller will cut anyone's throat to get reelected.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

3. Whatever Heller does he is not going to vote to repeal Medicaid expansion.

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 12:55 PM

Mar 2017

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. Steve Wynn jerks Heller's chain.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 12:59 PM

Mar 2017

Remember,Ensign was Wynn's Guy and when he had to bail,Heller was the choice because of his Congressional District was solid Republican as well as his Religious Ties.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

5. Wynn doesn't want a lot of sick and dying workers when Uncle Sam can pay for their health care.

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:05 PM

Mar 2017

That's why corporations like Wal Mart embraced the ACA.

I am also pretty certain Governor Sandoval is going to oppose Medicaid contraction.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

6. Doubt it.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:09 PM

Mar 2017

What we see locally is,a Guy who could care less about you or I or anyone other than himself. These are words from his EX.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

8. I see Wynn's properties are unionized.

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:18 PM

Mar 2017

Trump the so called workingman's friend is fighting tooth and nail to prevent his hotel from unionizing.

We live in L A and have a friend who lives in Vegas and visit several times a year. Trump's hotel is in a horrible location, behind the mall.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

11. Trump is mandated by a Fedreral Judge

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:35 PM

Mar 2017

to bargain in good faith with the SEIU. Yes his place is a Shit Location as well as a Dark Dank Hole of a Hotel.

Yes Wynn is Union,and that is because of his Ex Spouse who is a major Dem force.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

13. It looks like the Delano from the outside. It's boring looking. And there's no casino.

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #11)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:41 PM

Mar 2017

Isn't his pal, Phil Ruffin, a part owner...

I'm not a Wynn fan, but he doesn't come off as much of an asshole as Ruffin, Trump, and Adelson. I wouldn't stay at their properties if they gave me the room free.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

14. Ruffin runs the place.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:44 PM

Mar 2017

Ruffin is a total A--Hole in the mold of Adelson. Gaming Commission won't allow Trump a Gaming License because of certain Business Associates. Short for Russian Mafia.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

15. Obama saved Vegas when he saved the economy.

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #14)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:45 PM

Mar 2017

And Trump has collaborated with the traditional Mafia as well.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

16. You nailed that for sure.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #15)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:48 PM

Mar 2017

That is why we live here,used to live in the Reddest Theocracy in the Southwest. Now we are Cali East and it is getting better.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

17. Do you live in Vegas or the suburbs?

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #16)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:52 PM

Mar 2017

Henderson and Summerlin are nice.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

18. Centenial Hills area.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #17)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:57 PM

Mar 2017

This City grows on you the longer you are here. So refreshing to be back in a diverse City.

Stand and Fight

(7,480 posts)

10. Who the heck is Ms. Lambe?

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:31 PM

Mar 2017

I'm a part of the NV Democratic Party Central Committee, and I don't know of any Ms. Lambe. In fact, we just elected a new chair the weekend before last and his name is William McCurdy. The previous chair was Roberta Lange if that's who you mean.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

12. Sorry forgot it was Ms. Lange.

Reply to Stand and Fight (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:37 PM

Mar 2017

old guy

(3,283 posts)

7. Did he cast his vote yet.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:15 PM

Mar 2017

No? Well until he actually does he hasn't done anything. Remember that above all else he is a repub, party above country and all that.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

9. I don't expect Repubs to oppose the bill out of the goodness of their hearts.

Reply to old guy (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 01:20 PM

Mar 2017

I expect some to oppose Chump Care because there is no political upside.We really need to roll him on this.

louis-t

(23,296 posts)

19. He "worries it will hurt seniors and the poor"

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 02:11 PM

Mar 2017

but if his seat was safe, I wonder if he would be so worried.

pecosbob

(7,542 posts)

20. Isn't this the same guy that called police on his constituents?

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 02:14 PM

Mar 2017

Eastside Vegas resident

Cosmocat

(14,566 posts)

21. The senate is the last line of defense

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 02:35 PM

Mar 2017

The House republicans are that crazy and that big of mean spirited assholes, with their margin I would not put it past them to vote for this dumpster fire.

The senate ... There just might be three like this who are up in 2018, who are not in super safe states, who might see how voting for this would be playing with fire.

ffr

(22,671 posts)

22. I'm falling out of my chair. This guy has never deviated from toting the R party line

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 02:59 PM

Mar 2017

Call me skeptically optimistic, but I'll wait to see his Nay vote on tRumpcare.

Our phone calls and complaints are working. I'm going to send him and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto letters confirming I want my ACA saved, to let them know they are on the right side of the issue.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

26. Agree

Reply to ffr (Reply #22)

Mon Mar 13, 2017, 03:44 PM

Mar 2017

this Guy will follow the Party Line. He needs the Campaign money controlled by his personal friend Steve Wynn. His opponent is sitting fat and sassy with a nice campaign war chest. Plus a edge in the polls.