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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/331738-key-gop-rep-upton-will-back-obamacare-repeal-bill-with-new-amendmentKey GOP reps will back ObamaCare repeal bill with new amendment
By Jordan Fabian - 05/03/17 11:12 AM EDT
Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Billy Long (R-Mo.) said Wednesday they will support the GOPs ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill with the addition of a new amendment Upton drafted.
The two Republicans made the announcement at the White House after meeting with President Trump.
Both previously opposed the bill, which is backed by Trump and Republican leaders.
"I think it is likely now to pass the House, Upton said.
But he added hes not in the whip count and cant definitively say there are enough votes for the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to pass.
Upton said a vote could be held as soon as Thursday.
GOP leadership has sought to make changes to the ObamaCare repeal bill to get enough House Republican support to pass the bill. The legislation was abruptly pulled from the House floor in late March after it became clear that a planned vote on the AHCA would have failed.
In a brief interview Wednesday, Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) told The Hill that the Upton amendment meant that he was putting both Upton and Long back in the "yes" column for his internal whip count.
"I think it brings them to yes," Scalise said as he bolted from the Speaker's office out of the doors of the Capitol.
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) told The Hill the late change "absolutely" added net votes to the GOP tally.
- Scott Wong contributed.
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)it will die in the senate.
Democrats will use this to win the House in 2018
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)goes thru all the way to the complete nutcase in the WH.
The main goal of course is destroy Obama legacy. Funny how many white people are fine with that even if it means killing Americans.
NewRedDawn
(790 posts)Other than Collins & maybe Murkowski, who else is going to vote no?
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)any GOP senator from a purple state will be a no vote. It will die in committee.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)What we know is the GOP wants very very much to eliminate the poor, one way or another.
The last way they want to do that is provide jobs, by the way.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)But basically, it doesn't do crap. Still shunts them into high risk pools.
A respected authority on health care, Upton said the proposal would provide $8 billion over five years to help some people with pre-existing medical conditions pay costly insurance premiums. It comes with many moderates opposing the high-priority legislation, even as GOP leaders press holdouts to back it and push it through the House before the chamber begins a week-long recess scheduled to start Friday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/02/in-the-trump-white-house-the-momentum-has-turned-against-the-paris-climate-agreement/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_climateaccord440am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.262b33048b2e
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)Thrill
(19,178 posts)lol
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)4% of people with pre-existing.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)"A 10% mail-in rebate if you have preexisting conditions."
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Vinca
(50,269 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)These Republicans are bartering away people's lives and financial stability. They are shameful.
The changes have not been scored by the CBO and they have held NO public hearings. Most of the cowards won't even have town hall meetings with their constituents.
Who was the weasel that almost ran into the lady's room in an attempt to avoid a reporter? Such profiles in courage!