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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/vulnerable-house-republicans-furious-after-senate-obamacare-repeal-collapseBy CAMERON JOSEPH Published JULY 19, 2017 11:59 AM
House Republicans who took a tough vote to repeal Obamacare in May are steaming mad that the Senate has failed to follow suit and worried it has left them in the lurch heading into tough midterm elections.
A number of GOP members from swing districts stuck their necks out on a bill they knew was politically toxic to move forward with their partys long-promised efforts to gut the Affordable Care Act, in the hopes that the Senate could return a more palatable alternative. Following the chaotic collapse of parallel efforts in the Senate they face the worst of both worlds: backing unpopular legislation that will be weaponized against them in next years campaigns without the benefit of seeing it become law.
Even House Speaker Paul Ryans (R-WI) admonitions to his members during a closed-door Tuesday meeting not to rip into their Senate colleagues werent enough to keep them quiet.
We agreed that there was not much use in criticizing the Senate while they were going through their process and I agree with that. I just find it interesting to note the number of geniuses serving in the United States Senate, Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) told TPM, after a long pause and a deep breath, when asked how he was feeling Tuesday evening. Politically it all still needs fixing whether the Senate does nothing, whether we walked the plank or whatever.
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hibbing
(10,121 posts)So anxious to take insurance from 20+ million people, and you wonder why some of your constituents are upset. You voted for the bill that was presented you dumbass, and he has the stones to get snarky with the Senate.
Peace
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)pay the consequences republican ISIS.
I can imagine the election ads now.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Gothmog
(146,247 posts)OnDoutside
(19,993 posts)Vinca
(50,351 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,177 posts)They voted for an outrageous bill that they knew had no chance of being signed into law - rather than even make a serious attempt to write a bill that did what Trump promised: cover more Americans, more inexpensively.
They get no sympathy from me for having kicked the bomb down the field, expecting someone else to defuse it and save them from themselves.
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