3rd Attempt: GOP/Trump Repeal & Replace ACA and Trump lie about pre-exist coverage

The Rs are so desperate to pass anything that they are willing to potentially sabotage their reelection hopes in 2018.

 

McConnell is the embodiment of everything wrong with our government.

 

I think they may not have the votes. This vote shouldve happened by now. Either they're pulling a Tom Delay and sleep driving the Senate into voting (see how Medicare Part D passed) or they flat out dont have the votes and are screwed.

I think McCain might kill this. I assume Collins and Murkowski are no votes and McCain might just decide that this insane process is even too much for him.

 

Total trainwreck. McCain was apparently talking a bunch to Dems and hugged Schumer and others.

 

Senators McCain, Murkowski and Collins vote no. The skinny repeal is likely dead.

 

Yup he voted no. As did Collins and Murkowski. Bill fails. Good night everyone. Glad this **** sandwich failed.

Keep in mind, the vote is still open so they can get arm twisted into switching their vote. But most likely this is over. I doubt they can do anything.

Edit: Mitch McConnell is literally crying on the senate floor at the moment. He's giving the health care bill eulogy speech at the moment and he's surrendering. This is over.

 

lol. Republicans and Trump, failing hard since 2017.

 

McCain, Murkowski, and Collins are all disgraces to this country and to the republican party.

 

Mitch Mcconnell is about to cry on live tv

 

"If the people who wrote this bill were proud of it, they wouldn’t be forcing this vote in the dead of night." -- Mitch McConnell, 2009

 

"If the people who wrote this bill were proud of it, they wouldn’t be forcing this vote in the dead of night." -- Mitch McConnell, 2009

 

Kudos to McCain this time.

He actually acted on his morals instead of just talking about them

 

Yeah, as if the disgrace isn't the guy you voted for President. LOL. LOFL.

 

Schumer showed class tonight. McConnell, not so much.

 

HAHAHAHA! Hilarious. Complete and utter failure from the party in power.

 

so, now that it's over... it's late... am i dreaming that they finally get together and actually work on improving obamacare?

 

I think so. Reconciliation has time and procedure limits. In theory they could use the 2017 budget to create a new set of reconciliation instructions but they'll use that for tax cuts instead.

 

Who knew that electing a moronic, petulant bully with a penchant for threatening long-time senators was a bad idea for a legislative agenda?