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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWow, Schumer just said on the floor of the Senate that they have
been wasting time on amendments on something that isn't even the final bill put together by Republicans--that the so-called "skinny repeal" is the final bill--and Dems haven't even seen it yet!
So he announced that Dems would waste no more time presenting amendments until they see the final bill, and soon.
(I think I have this right...)
riversedge
(70,290 posts)Docreed2003
(16,871 posts)bdamomma
(63,919 posts)is more like it. Fuck these republicans!
OnDoutside
(19,969 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)I don't know if Schumer misunderstood something or not, but I'm betting on not. He's pretty smart.
58Sunliner
(4,394 posts)It's being treated for anorexia.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,191 posts)janx
(24,128 posts)I think Dems got wind of a plan to spring it on them at the last minute...?
UTUSN
(70,725 posts)Dems won't do anything until they see the final bill. They are not happy about this.
janx
(24,128 posts)Schumer said that he and his Dem colleagues learned about it from the media.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)will vote to pass it.
janx
(24,128 posts)referencing McCain's speech from yesterday.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Or are Republicans just the stupidest dog-and-pony show to ever hit town.
Or both?
janx
(24,128 posts)With a couple of Republican exceptions.
But NOW, Sheldon Whitehouse is taking this extra visibility to reveal that some real carbon-fee regulations that a lot of heavy hitter companies are on board with. Very good news.
yardwork
(61,700 posts)They created the problem themselves, and for many years it has kept them in power. Now, suddenly and unexpectedly, Republicans control both Congress and the White House and the people they've brainwashed into believing that Obamacare is terrible expect them to do something.
Except there's nothing the Republicans can do, because despite 7 (or is it 17) years of being lied to, a lot of people actually want to keep their Obamacare. The Republican caucus is divided between people who actually understand that, and batshit crazy people who want to repeal it all (kill kill kill!!!!). So they'll never agree on a plan.
The Republicans would like to walk away from this monster they created and distract their voters with something else (Benghazi!) but there's a certifiably crazy person in the White House who keeps bringing it up.
lamp_shade
(14,841 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,436 posts)And not hundreds of pages like ACA!
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Hell...they might try and steal it and claim they came up with the bill.
mackerel
(4,412 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)And it's not by accident. Republicans are obfuscating weasels.