Nervous GOP senators rooting for Ryan to fail

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 03/16/17 06:00 AM EDT

A growing number of GOP senators are hoping the House fails to pass its bill to repeal and replace ­ObamaCare so they won’t be blamed for killing it in the upper chamber.

Support for the House legislation has “disintegrated” in the Senate, according one Republican senator who requested anonymity to discuss internal conference politics.

It will require substantial revisions to win the support of moderate Republicans in the upper chamber — something that will likely make it unacceptable to conservatives.

Given what looks like an unbridgeable divide in the Senate GOP conference, some are saying that it would be better if the bill dies in the House. “I’ve heard that maybe the best thing is that this doesn’t get out of the House so we’re not the ones who ditch it,” said a Republican senator who has publicly voiced concern about the bill but requested anonymity. “Right now this is disintegrating in the Senate, with everyone off on their own about what they don’t like about the bill.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/324220-nervous-gop-senators-rooting-for-ryan-to-fail

[Achilleaze]

1. republican-style TrumpCare sucks bigly

and everyone knows it.

[gibraltar72]

2. Obamacare

pretty damn good. I wanted a robust government option. I sold and serviced health plans. This was vastly superior to the good old days.

[Lanius]

4. A public option would have helped those who live in rural areas with only one insurer, but no, we

couldn't have that because that's socialism and evil.

[wcast]

3. I hope it gets to the Senate

then everyone of them will have to take a stand. Let them show who they are really for.

[NewRedDawn]

5. Cowards!

The whole lot of the Putin Publicans.