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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKoch-Backed Groups Will Pressure GOP on Health Repeal
Political WireNY Times
Saying their patience is at an end, conservative activist groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and other powerful interests on the right are mobilizing to pressure Republicans to fulfill their promise to swiftly repeal the Affordable Care Act, the New York Times reports.
Their message is blunt and unforgiving, with the goal of reawakening some of the most extensive conservative grass-roots networks in the country. It is a reminder that even as Republicans control both the White House and Congress for the first time in a decade, the partys activist wing remains restless and will not go along passively for the sake of party unity.
With angry constituents storming town hall-style meetings across the country and demanding that Congress not repeal the law, these new campaigns are a sign of a growing concern on the right that lawmakers might buckle to the pressure.
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Koch-Backed Groups Will Pressure GOP on Health Repeal (Original Post)
Jimbo101
Mar 2017
OP
Fear that lawmakers might buckle to the pressure and do what their costituents want
Dream Girl
Mar 2017
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Cary
(11,746 posts)1. I do think feel the least bit sorry for them
Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)2. Call people ...call now! We can stop them if we only work together.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)3. And WE THE PEOPLE must respond
Keep the pressure on. I don't think the Senate has it in them to repeal.
emulatorloo
(43,982 posts)4. More like an "expensive gra$$-roots network"
Koch money buys lots of AstroTurf
diva77
(7,606 posts)5. K&R for visibility. We need to keep resisting the repealers!!
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)6. They will "buckle" under the weight of all that Citizens United money.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)7. Fear that lawmakers might buckle to the pressure and do what their costituents want
Sheesh
Trekologer
(994 posts)8. Kochs: We didn't pay for your campaign to listen to your constituents
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,111 posts)9. And there it is ladies and gentleman
Best argument for a high inheritance tax rate ever.