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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Jun 19, 2017, 10:48 AM Jun 2017

McConnell Will Force Health Care Vote Next Week

June 19, 2017 at 8:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Jonathan Swan: “Sources close to Mitch McConnell tell me the Majority Leader is dead serious about forcing a Senate vote on the Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill before the July 4 holiday.”

“Some senators want to delay the vote but McConnell views that as delaying the inevitable. There are no mysteries about what the toughest disagreements are over — Medicaid funding and insurance market regulations.”

“This week is crucial: the Senate won’t vote without a CBO score, which means they need to finalize negotiations this week.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/06/19/mcconnell-will-force-health-care-vote-next-week/

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McConnell Will Force Health Care Vote Next Week (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP

Why does this insist that they must have the CBO score first when regular order has disintegrated hedda_foil Jun 2017 #1

No CBO score rsdsharp Jun 2017 #2

There IS no "bridge too far" for the GOP hatrack Jun 2017 #3

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)

1. Why does this insist that they must have the CBO score first when regular order has disintegrated

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Jun 19, 2017, 10:55 AM

Jun 2017

Of COURSE that's the way it's always been, but McConnell showed when he hijacked Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination, he doesn't go by the book unless it screws the Democrats.

rsdsharp

(9,202 posts)

2. No CBO score

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 19, 2017, 11:02 AM

Jun 2017

no reconciliation. He'll be lucky to get 51 votes as it is. He'll never get 60 to avoid a filibuster. He has to use reconciliation.

True, he could change the rules -- again -- but doing that to pass a bill that has a 17% approval rating, and which is being written totally in secret, may be a bridge too far. Even for Republicans.

hatrack

(59,592 posts)

3. There IS no "bridge too far" for the GOP

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 19, 2017, 11:12 AM

Jun 2017

They don't care.

They don't care about anything except shoveling those sweet, sweet tax cut dollars to their donors, and ensuring those sweet, sweet lobbying gigs that will flow as a result.

And they don't care about getting reelected, if they're hiring at Heritage or the US Chamber.

Oh, and of course they also care about punishing those of us who weren't smart enough to be born rich, or be rock stars at derivative trading or high-frequency trading algorithms, since it's obvious that we do not have the favor of almighty God.

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