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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,101 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:11 AM Oct 2018

McConnell says Senate Republicans might revisit Obamacare repeal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans could try again to repeal Obamacare if they win enough seats in U.S. elections next month, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday, calling a failed 2017 push to repeal the healthcare law a “disappointment.”

In a forecast of 2019 policy goals tempered by uncertainty about who would win the congressional elections, McConnell blamed social programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, for the fast-rising national debt.

On Nov. 6, Americans will vote for candidates for the Senate and the House of Representatives.

McConnell’s Republicans now hold majority control of both chambers. Democrats will try to wrest control in races for all 435 House seats and one-third of the 100 Senate seats.

Despite their dominance of Congress and the White House, Republicans failed last year to overturn former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, known as Obamacare. McConnell called it “the one disappointment of this Congress from a Republican point of view.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-senate-mcconnell-policy/mcconnell-says-senate-republicans-might-revisit-obamacare-repeal-idUSKCN1MR2QE

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McConnell says Senate Republicans might revisit Obamacare repeal (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP
Yet again another waste of time and taxpayers money. roamer65 Oct 2018 #1
Pure, unadulterated evil. dalton99a Oct 2018 #2
Yes, along with the imprisonment of children-- dawg day Oct 2018 #4
Yep, they really want to kill Americans. dalton99a Oct 2018 #7
Yep, they really want to kill Americans. LenaBaby61 Oct 2018 #8
They have been saying that for about 9 months. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #3
mcturtleShite is throwing all their Cha Oct 2018 #5
All the more reason to vote! mvd Oct 2018 #6
Now that y'know that McCain dude is dead. Hugin Oct 2018 #9

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
4. Yes, along with the imprisonment of children--
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:38 AM
Oct 2018

I don't say this lightly--
i don't think people who think differently than me are evil....

But this is evil. This is a deliberate attempt to take healthcare away from people who need it to survive.

And taking children away from their parents and -losing them- is really evil.

There isn't another word for it. The thing is, they don't have a reason to do this. I mean, they aren't trying to save money or anything. They actually want to harm people. That's why it's evil rather than just misguided or stupid.

LenaBaby61

(6,976 posts)
8. Yep, they really want to kill Americans.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 01:51 AM
Oct 2018

thuglicans are MURDERERS.

POINT.BLANK.PERIOD.

How do you "fly high" when somebody's trying to MURDER you?

You can't & don't. You fight them to the death. Even if you go down, at least you do it with a fight. I mean, I would if somebody was trying to kill ME like thuglicans ARE by taking my health care away

these current crop of thuglicans like tRump, pence, Mcturtle, Graham, Ryan, Collins, white nationalist from Iowa King are rotten, evil, vile, murderous pieces of shit.

BigmanPigman

(51,615 posts)
3. They have been saying that for about 9 months.
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:14 AM
Oct 2018

Kavanaugh will be the nail in the coffin for pre-existing conditions with the ACA. Look for thousands to go bankrupt and die due to it.

mvd

(65,178 posts)
6. All the more reason to vote!
Thu Oct 18, 2018, 12:45 AM
Oct 2018

There has never been a more important election. If we want Democrats to act like Democrats more, we need them in power first.

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