This time, Grassley hears pro-Obamacare voices

[jpak]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/chuck-grassley-obamacare-town-hall-235232

More than 100 Iowans on Tuesday packed into a small farm town community center by 7:45 a.m. to urge Sen. Chuck Grassley not to repeal Obamacare, and to air their opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda, his Cabinet nominees and his Supreme Court pick.

It was here in Iowa in the summer of 2009 that Grassley faced cantankerous crowds — the nascent Tea Party — from the other end of the political spectrum. As he was negotiating with Democrats over legislation that would become the Affordable Care Act, protesters crashed his town hall meetings to decry “government-run” health care.

Within weeks of that onslaught, Grassley pulled out of the bipartisan talks. The ensuing partisanship surrounding Obamacare has never subsided.

Now Grassley has a central role in the repeal and replace debate as a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee. And like a smattering of GOP lawmakers across the country, he’s facing heat from constituents who are packing well-publicized town halls to try to deter Republicans from repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health care law.

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[guillaumeb]

1. Grassley may hear these voices,

but he listens for the sound of money.

[BeckyDem]

2. Maybe this issue alone will help us in 2018. Encouraging news.