House Obamacare repeal DOA in the Senate
Salvaging it will be the rescue mission of Mitch McConnell's career.
By BURGESS EVERETT and JENNIFER HABERKORN 03/22/17 05:11 AM EDT
Forget the House GOP's troubles passing a health care bill. The party's bigger problem looms in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell is being tasked with fixing what GOP senators and House members say is a flawed Obamacare repeal proposal — one with little to no chance of passing in that chamber in its current form — in a week’s time.
The Senate leader and his deputies are nevertheless barreling ahead — assuming a health care bill clears the House Thursday in what’s expected to be a razor-thin vote. Senate leaders say they have a plan to jam through legislation on a party-line vote next week before opposition has time to bubble up. And they're sticking to it, regardless of the scant level of support right now for the proposal among Senate Republicans.
As currently constructed, conservative and moderate opposition would tank the bill in the Senate, where the GOP can afford to lose only two votes. A handful of skeptical House members are voting for Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan on the assumption it will be improved in the Senate and they’ll get to make a decision when it comes back to the House. And some Republicans believe they're already losing political momentum with the health care debate and want to pull the plug.
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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/obamacare-repeal-senate-mcconnell-236326
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My repeated warnings that the GOP will kill you if you let them, might have worked.
Well, with a couple people anyway 
