GOP eyes another shot at ObamaCare repeal after McCain's death
Source: The Hill
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 08/29/18 06:00 AM EDT
Senate Republicans say they would like Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to appoint a successor to late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who, unlike McCain, would support GOP legislation to repeal ObamaCare.
GOP lawmakers say they wont have time to hold another vote to repeal the law in 2018 but vow to try again next year if they manage to keep their Senate and House majorities.
If we re-engage in that discussion in some point in the future, it would be nice to have members who enable us to pass it, Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune (S.D.) said when asked about the possibility of ObamaCare repeal legislation coming up for a future vote.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he hopes the next senator from Arizona will be a strong ally who recognizes that ObamaCare is not a proper solution.
It hasnt worked, its created a lot of harm and damage to real people, he added.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/404089-gop-eyes-another-shot-at-obamacare-repeal-after-mccains-death
Zoonart
(11,750 posts)They wil not be satisfied until working Americans have nothing.
MiniMe
(21,677 posts)I'm getting nervous that I will lose it now. It is definitely expensive as hell, but at least I am insured
bearsfootball516
(6,369 posts)"GOP lawmakers say they wont have time to hold another vote to repeal the law in 2018 but vow to try again next year if they manage to keep their Senate and House majorities. "
dalton99a
(81,070 posts)RoBear
(1,188 posts)it's on to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security cuts.
Senior citizens need to rally around. I've been spreading the word where I live, but I really can't find anyone who will support Trump openly, so I'm hoping to get some action on supporting Democrats.
lark
(23,003 posts)First they want to steal all the hard earned Medicare & SS $ from the working class and give it to rich who didn't pay for it, put upward caps on Medicaid so it doesn't cover nursing home care for long, then they will go after labor laws and education laws. They want to make us really ignorant by making all schools for profit and they have the right to turn away anyone to ensure the lack of education for all but the rich. Then overtime, min. wage, and all other pro-worker rules will be done away with. During this process there will be a Reichstagg Fire and a state of emergency, constitution shut down and no elections, just a PUtin proxy orange oligarch figurehead. This is what the RW has been working for since Nixon and if we don't win the mid-terms and take back at least one house of Congress, I think they may succeed.
RoBear
(1,188 posts)The irony of this is that keeping their supporters ignorant is the key to their success.
No one with any intelligence at all would vote republican in the current situation.
Period.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)and you can not trust republicans with any of it
safeinOhio
(32,531 posts)claiming they will have something much better. Never did and never will. Please tell us what you'll replace it with first.
Snellius
(6,881 posts)McCain's ghost will haunt that house forever. Senate seats pulled out, mouths will be shut, thumbs will be poked in eyes.
BumRushDaShow
(127,312 posts)We have GOT to maintain our current (D)s and try to at least pick up NV (Heller's seat). And if we did get NV, just one more seat would give us the majority just to halt all this bullshit in its tracks.
dalton99a
(81,070 posts)bluestarone
(16,722 posts)these are voters!! and they want them dead!!!!!
unblock
(51,974 posts)best chance of keeping obamacare lies in winning the house, but winning the senate would certainly be nice as well....
Zambero
(8,954 posts)Voters need to be reminded that killing ACA would jeopardize health insurance cover for the 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions. The higher cost of coverage would be unaffordable for millions. Many who are potentially impacted don't realize this. So yes, to borrow a once-whispered phrase from Joe Biden, this is one fucking big deal, in swing states and elsewhere. "Hey GOP, don't mess with my health care!".
KPN
(15,587 posts)Krugmans editorial in the NYT It Could Happen Here ... yesterday. The GOP cares nothing about Democracy and will take and use every single opportunity available to them to gain and retain perpetual power. They are evil to the core.
Bayard
(21,806 posts)These people suck dead dicks.
NOMOGOP
(87 posts)I hope they get it done as it moves us closer to medicare for all as voters fume @ Republikkkan greed.
mainer
(12,013 posts)Let the GOP shoot itself in the foot. Help the GOP get out the word that electing GOP candidates will destroy ACA.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/399647-poll-majority-of-americans-back-obamacare-disapprove-of-trump-on-healthcare
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)our seniors and others who rely on the ACA need to be seriously made aware of this, and scared. Health insurance is so critical to so many of us...it's literally life and death...
GOTV...
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)They are close to ending all Democratic elections. The people's will, will no long matter.
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Bengus81
(6,907 posts)People need to get off their ASSES and vote to stop this crap--because it sure as hell won't stop with an ACA repeal.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Hell, feed them more rope, at this point.
standingtall
(2,785 posts)Then republicans would be trying to ram through a repeal of the ACA before the midterms. The truth is they know the numbers are not there for them not that they don't have time.
murielm99
(30,656 posts)who went to Russia - over the Fourth of July, no less!
Yeah, John McCain would have approved of that trip!