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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell 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.
McConnells 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 Obamas 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
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Fuck him.
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)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.
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,976 posts)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)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.
Cha
(297,442 posts)Shit against the wall to see if it sticks.
mvd
(65,178 posts)There has never been a more important election. If we want Democrats to act like Democrats more, we need them in power first.
Hugin
(33,169 posts)Why doesn't he come out and say it?