GOP senator says public wont have luxury of learning about health care plan before avote

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Despite the failure of the latest Trumpcare bill on Monday, Senate Republican leadership is moving forward with plans to have a health care debate on the floor next week. It remains completely unclear, however, whether senators will consider a revised version of Trumpcare, a repeal-and-delay process, a more straightforward Obamacare repeal bill, or something else.

On Thursday, the second-ranking Senate Republican — John Cornyn (TX) — was asked by a reporter from The Hill if “some people want to know the plan before the vote.” He responded by saying that sort of deliberative process isn’t “a luxury” Republicans can afford — meaning he thinks senators will have to vote on a motion to proceed with floor debate before having an inkling of what bill they will be debating.

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On Twitter, Cornyn later indicated his primary concern is coming up with a health care plan that is acceptable to at least 50 of the 52 Republican senators.

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Cornyn might want people to believe there’s a health care crisis, but the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office doesn’t buy it. In March, the CBO concluded that Obamacare exchanges are likely to “be stable in most areas.”

https://thinkprogress.org/cornyn-health-care-trumpcare-luxury-of-foreknowledge-e298143c6dfd

[Demtexan]

1. Makes me want to go kick every Trump voter.

I have a friend dealing with cancer treatment.

She does not need this.

[Tatiana]

2. As I have said all along, the magic number is 50.

If they get to 50, they will run whatever plan, no matter how destructive it is, no matter how many people it will kill -- they will take the vote.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. This is by far the most idiotic thing I've ever witnessed since following

politics for 60 years. I remember the serious debates before the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the creation of Medicare. Never has an important piece of legislation that affects 99% of the population been kept out of public view before a vote. Nor do I recall the blatant buying of votes.

[gratuitous]

4. Remember when the Tea Baggers formed in 2010?

Oh, the worstest thing in the world was any bill being voted on that hadn't been published for days beforehand, and the acknowledgment by some congresspeople that they had voted for a bill without reading it. The thunder from the right was all about how horrible it was that Congress was passing laws that not everyone had read.

Seven years later, and Republicans now characterize reading a bill before the vote as a luxury. I wonder if any of those Tea Baggers see a Charms Blow Pop when they look in the mirror?

[dalton99a]

5. Hurry up and kill people before they find out