New momentum for GOP health care bill after key votes flip

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Source: CNN



New momentum for GOP health care bill after key votes flip

By MJ Lee, Lauren Fox, Tami Luhby and Phil Mattingly, CNN

Updated 3:34 PM ET, Wed May 3, 2017
Trump flips lawmakers' vote on health care




Washington (CNN)An eleventh-hour deal has renewed momentum for House Republicans working to repeal and replace Obamacare, as leaders Wednesday furiously lobby undecided or skeptical lawmakers on the plan that has been teetering on the brink of collapse.
House leaders have made clear that if everything goes there way, their preference is to have a vote Thursday. But they won't call a vote unless they believe it will pass.
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The change in mood comes after GOP Reps. Fred Upton and Billy Long met with President Donald Trump at the White House and flipped their votes from "no" to "yes." Trump committed to backing an amendment spending $8 billion over five years to fund high-risk pools and go toward patients with pre-existing conditions.


The new "yes" votes mark an incremental but symbolically important victory for the White House and Republican leaders, who have been trying without success for weeks to revive a health care bill that was pulled from the House floor in March.
Other than Long and Upton, there have not been major switches from the "no" to "yes" category, but several undecided members are seemingly open to the new changes.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/republican-health-care-bill/index.html

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Someone posted about these two Reps earlier on DU.
Trump tossed them some money for an amendment.

[Get Off Of My Cloud]

1. Ya well

He didn't get it done on day one or in the 1st 100 days so it's still a broken promise and he's still a failure

[queentonic]

2. And then there's the Senate

The Senate will present an even bigger hurdle for these boys to get their bill passed. This more symbolic than reality.

[Freethinker65]

3. And they all get to keep the first big tax break for the wealthy

[janterry]

4. This makes me so sad

I can't barely stand to listen to the news

[beachbum bob]

5. Awesome.. we need conservative votes on the record..

[DeminPennswoods]

6. Pass it! Make Dems day

I recall when Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law was the vote that put the '93 Clinton tax bill over the hump. She was serenaded with "good bye" chants from the Rs.

When the vote comes up, I hope all Dems are ready with their cell phone cameras to take a picture of the house vote board showing all the Rs who voted for the ACHA. I hope the the the R who puts the bill at 216 votes is serenaded just as Medzvinsky was. I want the DNC/DCCC to be ready with media ads to run in every R district saying (insert rep name here) voted to take away your health insurance. A few billboards saying the same would be nice, too.