Fleeting Senate GOP Revolt Against Skinny Repeal Looks All But Dead
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ALICE OLLSTEIN and TIERNEY SNEED Published JULY 27, 2017 10:12 PM
Just a few hours after it began, a revolt by a handful of senators opposed to voting on a skinny repeal of Obamacare they dont want to become law fizzled out.
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), one of the ringleaders of the short-lived revolt, said around 9:30 p.m. ET that after speaking to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) by phone he was convinced the House would agree to go to conference with the Senate to hammer out a bill.
He said he doesnt believe the skinny bill is good policy or good politics, a weary Graham relayed to a large gaggle of reporters. He doesnt want to be the party that repeals part of Obamacare and leaves most of it in place. Paul sees the skinny bill as a vehicle to find a better solution.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), another member of Thursdays brief mutiny against the bill, was similarly won over by these promises. Asked if Republicans now had the votes to pass the skinny repeal bill, he said cheerfully: I hope so. Theyll probably have mine.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/revolt-fizzles-skinny-repeal-graham-mccain
Maybe Ron Johnson and Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell, should go back and look at how the Congress is suppose to be run, they have abdicated there roles to be completely assured that they are incompetence to in office.
Maybe just maybe they should read the Framers Coup
What these jerks have done is completely bastardized the United Sates Government
mobeau69
(11,141 posts)This is total bullshit. He's bought and paid for by the few.
global1
(25,241 posts)the Repugs goal is not healthcare - it is a massive tax cut for the rich.
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)RussBLib
(9,006 posts)because most of them are greedy, selfish assholes