As GOP struggles with health care, Democrats forge ties with 'resistance'

[DonViejo]

By Ed O'Keefe and David Weigel July 2 at 9:48 AM
As Republicans return to their home districts to sell a flailing health-care bill, liberal groups are using the congressional recess to build opposition. They believe tens of thousands of phone calls, emails and in-person pushes will force on-the-fence senators to reject the legislation for good.

The fresh activism is coming with encouragement from Democratic lawmakers who are mired in the minority and have been mostly left to watch as Republicans struggle to reshape the nation’s laws to their liking. After starting the year on the defensive with their own base, party leaders and House and Senate Democrats are finally taking cues from these groups, believing that tactics honed far outside Washington could help scare Republicans into abandoning long-standing promises to upend the Affordable Care Act.

Ahead of the recess, while Republican senators toiled over details of their health-care overhaul behind closed doors, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) did what’s become natural for Democrats lately: He lashed out on Twitter.

“CBO confirms this thing is a %#$@ sandwich,” he tweeted shortly after the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s report that estimated 22 million more Americans would be uninsured under the Senate GOP’s plan. He tweeted later that the left’s fight against the legislation “is a test of the morality of our country. We have to win this one.”

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[Thinkingabout]

1. Ben Sasse R-Nebraska stated on SOTU this morning he talked to some people whose

health insurance had risen to $20,000 a year, the AHCA will have some people paying $20,000 a year in their bill, he needs to look at the AHCA to see what it will cost Americans. This guy has his head deeply in the sand.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Health insurance, popular vote, phrases only known in America.