It's like 100-150 pages. You could read that in one sitting.Originally Posted by EBounding
Well you see, they are a bunch of whores.
“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” --George Orwell
Who else in public life has called for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea?--Donald Trump
It's 150 pages of changes to the original law, which means that for every paragraph that amends an old paragraph, you have to go look at what the old one says side by side with what the new one says. It's effectively the same length as Obamacare.
This is a bunch of bull$#@!.
Hmmm. I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that the bill repeals Obamacare and then replaces it with this 150 page bill. (And the replacement bill includes some of the provisions in the original bill, such as allowing "kids" to stay on their parents insurance until age 26, and what knot.)
Amash voted for increased North Korean sanctions today, too.
Massie was the lone dissenting vote.
The epitome of libertarian populism
Massie's fan club should be named The Unwashed Massies.
The epitome of libertarian populism
Damn... what the hell is wrong with this guy?
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll257.xml
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Last edited by Brett85; 05-04-2017 at 05:48 PM.
That's what you said a couple months ago about the bill he voted against. And now, if you're right about this bill, he was right to vote against the last one so that he could vote for this one instead.
No it doesn't.
But this bill really has no chance to pass the Senate because it's too conservative. If a bill passes the Senate, it will be much less conservative than this one.
Just took a look at his social media, it funny watching drooling slobs melt down over this.
I don't agree with the vote but whatever. It is kind of amazing how worked up people get. It looks like Jim Jordan and Mulvaney were pretty adamant that he vote for the bill. There are always a lot of considerations on these votes. Just not a big deal. I think the only way to avoid a filibuster is to pass this bill and perhaps there is some consideration that it will be improved in the Senate. Although I do have to say, this bill looks like it is pretty loathsome to every political group.
Last edited by Krugminator2; 05-04-2017 at 06:25 PM.
Better to keep it and let it crash and burn in this faux partisan tyranny.
Can't get too much less conservative or the Jordan/Paul/Lee coalition will again voice their opposition.
Yeah, that's what will happen. The Senate will water down the bill, and then the house Freedom Caucus will announce their opposition to the watered down bill. The GOP won't be able to pass anything, and we'll be stuck with Obamacare forever.
Let it burn, baby.
Paul, Lee, and Jordan should come out full sarcasm and announce that they've had a complete change of heart, now fully endorse the Democratic sponsored law known as Obamacare, and therefore cannot in good conscience vote for the Republican Healthcare Bill.
You don't win by compromising.
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You are much too optimistic. There is definitely a chance that the Republicans' attempt to make things worse will succeed.
“I don’t think that there will be any curtailing of Donald Trump as president,” he said. "He controls the media, he controls the sentiment [and] he controls everybody. He’s the one who will resort to executive orders more so than [President] Obama ever used them." - Ron Paul
Yes it does.
Thats how we got obamacare
Politics is all about compromise. That's the way our political system works. It's the only way you can actually govern. I guess you would oppose a bill that cuts tax rates from 20% to 15% just because it wouldn't completely abolish the IRS.
There's a difference between reducing something bad and replacing it with something also bad. Like Rand pointed out this puts the GOP on the record as supporting subsidies of Insurance Companies. It would be like if they repealed part of a gun ban and at the same time voted for another gun ban. Not cool. Not the same as reducing regulations and funding.
Who cares about actually governing and continuing to prop up the way this crooked political system works? Nothing good comes of these stupid compromises.
When Obama was president the Republican Congress passed a clean Obamacare repeal. They could have passed that same bill just by getting the people who already voted for it to vote for it again. And if they're not willing to vote for it, it should have been brought up for a vote just to make them go on record with their hypocrisy.
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