Senator Jerry Moran and Senator Mike Tweet Not Supporting Motion To Proceed On Healthcare Bill

[Julian Englis]

Link to tweet

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. This is huge. So many Americans maybe can sleep better tonight

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. They're holding it up because it isn't "conservative" enough. The moderates will cave and they'll OK

[Demsrule86]

13. No they won't...this is pretty much over...we must remain vigilant but...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Awwww

Donald Trump is going to be vewy vewy angwy.

[Julian Englis]

4. Press Release: Sen. Mike Lee to Vote No on Senate Health Bill

Press Releases
Sen. Mike Lee to Vote No on Senate Health Bill
Jul 17 2017

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) issued the following statement Monday regarding the Better Care Reconciliation Act:

“After conferring with trusted experts regarding the latest version of the Consumer Freedom Amendment, I have decided I cannot support the current version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act,” Sen. Lee said. “In addition to not repealing all of the Obamacare taxes, it doesn’t go far enough in lowering premiums for middle class families; nor does it create enough free space from the most costly Obamacare regulations.”

https://www.lee.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=press-releases&id=988195A6-7C42-4878-A59F-3FA344D170C9

[sunonmars]

5. Bills dead, gives green light for more senators to bail.

[superpatriotman]

6. The end result is still a win

In the short term, but a win nonetheless.

[rzemanfl]

7. Buying "Moran" but not "Mike Tweet." n/t

[Kaleva]

8. LOL

[Blaukraut]

9. Pretty disgusting that for three out of the four no votes, the bill isn't mean enough yet

Even if those three will be accommodated by giving them their pound of flesh, they will just end up losing more moderates again. This bill looks pretty dead.

[Julian Englis]

10. Also, Senator Johnson from Wisconsin has indicated doubs.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/17/politics/ron-johnson-health-care-support/index.html

(CNN)Sen. Ron Johnson -- who opposed the first version of the GOP health care bill -- told reporters last week that he would at the very least vote "yes" on whether to debate the GOP's newest version of the bill on the floor.

Now, however, it appears the Wisconsin Republican has had a change of heart.

"Last week I was strongly urging colleagues to vote motion to proceed," Johnson told reporters on Capitol Hill Monday evening. "I'm not doing that right now."

Johnson said he became concerned about supporting the leadership's health care bill after reading a report in the Washington Post that cited an anonymous lobbyist saying that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was telling moderate Republicans that steep cuts to Medicaid would never go into effect. Under the GOP health care bill, the growth rate in Medicaid would change from medical inflation to standard inflation beginning after 2025. The standard inflation rate is less generous than the medical inflation one.

[Julian Englis]

11. Moran only Senator to have townhalls over the 4th of July break.

Link to tweet

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. So, he "Got a brain"?

Or is this one of the Republicans who doesn't think it was cruel enough?