Senate IS passing their ACA repeal bill! They changed the rules again! Deja vu.....

[BigmanPigman]

McConnell and Ryan are as evil as the fake prez. Call the GOP senators that may swing:
Murkowski-Alaska, Cassidy-Louisiana, Collins-Maine, Heller-Nevada, Portman-Ohio, Gardner-Colorado.
[phone]. There is an 80% chance they will win! Even if your senator is not one of these call anyway and fake your residence (I've used public libraries or empty homes on Zillow since they never check).

[elleng]

1. but they don't have a bill yet, methinks.

They are certainly TRYING to pass one, but only STILL TRYING.

[awesomerwb1]

2. K n R

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. If it passes, some of us here posting today will die.

[BigmanPigman]

5. YeaH, I am one of them!

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. I am sorry to hear that, but know that the GOP not only doesnt care if you die

it serves them if you do.

This way you dont vote against them nor are you taking up resources they want for themselves.

[Hortensis]

18. Whatever handicaps might be, go get a job that offers

healthcare benefits. Some 70% of Americans still get healthcare through work, and you need to get hired before the preexisting conditions exclusion comes back into effect (or be limited to companies large enough that their contracts cover everyone). You only need one job, and with your life literally at stake it doesn't have to be a decent paying or enjoyable one, or within "reasonable" distance. Right?

[riversedge]

4. k for visibility

[CrispyQ]

7. Gardener - done.

What fuckers.

[beachbum bob]

8. I have a hard time believing they have 51 votes....

It's smoke and mirrors....having vote is not passing a bill....BUT it does keep focus on how bad trumpcare will be, which is a good thing to keep in the news

[davekriss]

10. They only need 50

Pence is the tiebreaker. And they are very close to getting 50.

[beachbum bob]

11. Ok, have a hard believing they have 50.,,,

It's all theater, as a vote is needed...but not passage, you really think conservatives want to insure a democratic tidal wave in 2018?

[Azathoth]

9. ACA is gone. They will debut the bill and pass it within 24 hours, and within a week back to Russia

Depending on a handful of "moderate" Republicans is like depending on a handful of moderate Nazis or Stalinists. They ain't gonna save us, no matter how many people call them. They have a cute little scam going: talk like they're independent, then vote in lockstep. Portman shouldn't even be considered a moderate; he's already on the record as being in full support of the Medicaid repeal. He just wants the poor to die in 2022 instead of 2020.

Right now our efforts are best focused on drawing relentless media attention to this atrocity.

[karynnj]

13. Even if they pass a Senate written bill, there are more steps

Now, clearly that happening will be terrible. but they would then need a conference bill and to pass it in both Houses of Congress. Here's hoping that there is nothing that the simple majority in both Houses can agree on.

[Azathoth]

16. Once it gets through the Senate, it's a done deal

Given how badly they need a victory, the House will almost certainly whip up the votes to pass the Senate bill and it's over.

There's a small chance it will go to conference, but there is no way they will let the bill die there, so close to being signed. "Moderate" objections to the bill are comical: they don't encompass a single substantive objection, only a cynical desire to delay some of the political pain.

The GOP wield an unprecedented level of unchecked power right now. If they had a competent president, Obamacare would already be gone, root and branch, and we wouldn't even be talking about "moderate" objections.

[Initech]

12. God damn them to hell.

[MariaCSR]

14. This is happening, isn't it? Obamacare is going to be repealed.

I can't believe it.

[eleny]

15. Gardner - email sent

https://www.gardner.senate.gov/contact-cory/email-cory

[BigmanPigman]

17. Thank You! I am one of the millions and will die due to the GOP!

[Demsrule86]

19. We should all call.