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(10,291 posts)usaf-vet
(6,188 posts)3 million tax dollars to fly to Florida to play golf.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)still_one
(92,216 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)And a wonderful time to laugh in his face.
Especially after being willing to essentially take healthcare away from everyone, which is what the Freedumb caucus demanded.
enid602
(8,620 posts)Healthcare was only the beginning. Medicare, Medicaid, SS also on the agenda.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Wow a few minutes ago it seemed as if this was a for sure pass
local tv is where thats coming from for me
malaise
(269,038 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)If it goes down or if they cancel the vote? Those seem to be the current options.
malaise
(269,038 posts)Either way they lose
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)I think it could go down by a big number. Ryan won't allow that.
malaise
(269,038 posts)'very close'.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)it more punitive, covering less and leaving lower income people to fend for themselves. That is what is sad.
Caliman73
(11,738 posts)It is a slap in the face for Trump, a kick in the teeth for Ryan, and makes the battle within the Republican party more pitched. They will not be able to do anything on healthcare for a while. It will be fun to watch Ryan and Trump trade mean tweets while Mitch McConnell goes of quietly to change his underwear.
Anything that the lunatic Freedom Caucus wants will be devastating and too extreme and will make the Republicans seen heartless (which they are). Anything more moderate will not pass through the Caucus. They are in the proverbial painted corner if the bill goes down.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,246 posts)in incomprehensible jargon.
Ligyron
(7,633 posts)then ... too late dumbass.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...we're so harsh they caused more moderates to break away, while failing to be harsh enough for the teabaggers. Lose/lose.
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)Every time I read one of your good posts, I think you ARE the picture, which makes me predisposed to like..fantastic pic.
voteearlyvoteoften
(1,716 posts)It warmed my heart.
coco22
(1,258 posts)enid602
(8,620 posts)He hasn't been that pissed since his keg went dry.
malaise
(269,038 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)Paul Ryan is the worst, disgusting creature that draws breath on this earth. I probably hate him more than Donald Trump. He's heartless, he's smug and smarmy, and he delights in his maker status and sticking it to the "takers" which really aren't takers but anyone who isn't making $250,000 and above.
I want to see defeat in that fucker's face. This is his crowning glory and I want so badly for him to taste defeat.
byronius
(7,395 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)McConnell is as heartless and odious as Ryan. If this piece of trash makes it out of the house then we'll move to seeing the smug, psychopathic ugliness of Mitch McConnell. He's old and out of touch and I wonder every time someone really awesome dies why things like him continue to be allowed to walk the earth and make the lives of so many others miserable.
...and house rats are jumping ship behind the feral ones, driving the loss margin up.
malaise
(269,038 posts)IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)We have thought this so many times. Agent Orange should have never been elected. Should have never even gone forward in the primaries after mocking the disabled reporter.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Fingers crossed
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)That is all.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)0rganism
(23,956 posts)weak as it is, the ACA still does too much for people, so destroying it outright is untenable
make the ACA suck a lot more, reduce state Medicaid supports, and they'll be able to get their bill through, but it gets closer to 2018 then raising the stakes for GOP congresscritters
gordianot
(15,238 posts)You do not always kill the intended target.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)Seems that the Reps and Dems are living in two different worlds. Crazy talk from the right.
spanone
(135,844 posts)GOOD
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Idoru
(167 posts)I've been watching over here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/22/upshot/health-care-vote-whip-count-comparison.html?mtrref=t.co&_r=1
What they feared is happening. When Rodney Frelinghuysen, the chairman of the appropriations committee, came out against, which is extremely unusual, it gave others the go ahead to say no, as well. Because that chair generally rubber-stamps any repuke president and they follow their leaders.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Excuse my language.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Flaming turd that it is.
OldRedneck
(1,397 posts)How many times during the campaign did Trump tell us he is the Master Dealmaker of All Time??
Looks as though that claim was as much bullshit as everything else he claims.
Let's look at the Master Dealmaker at work on the promise to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act.
Monday, March 20: 21 House Republicans will vote NO.
Tuesday, March 21: The Master Dealmaker Himself goes to Capitol Hill to make deals.
Wednesday, March 22: 27 House Republicans will vote NO.
Thursday, March 23: 34 House Republicans will vote NO, another 17 are leaning to vote NO.
Friday, March 24: "Over 40" House Republicans will vote NO. One Republican House member said: "We are going to lose and lose big. Once one person votes NO, the floodgates open."
malaise
(269,038 posts)He sure was conning his so called supporters.
nolabear
(41,984 posts)I want him buttered, burned and eaten with a side of Loser.
malaise
(269,038 posts)Ryan told the Con the bill won't pass
nolabear
(41,984 posts)Saviolo
(3,282 posts)They're all looking for scapegoats (and mostly it's Ryan).
Even Gingrich:
Link to tweet
And in-fighting:
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)Lyin Ryan's wealthcare bill goes down in flames.
malaise
(269,038 posts)aikoaiko
(34,170 posts)disalitervisum
(470 posts)that the trump presidency is all about Obama?
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)malaise
(269,038 posts)and way more people like him because he tried to help them - these goons merely want to enrich themselves and don't care who lives or dies
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)malaise
(269,038 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)and yeah, you are totally right!
RKP5637
(67,110 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,071 posts)Delay?
malaise
(269,038 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,071 posts)malaise
(269,038 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,071 posts)They have some wild a$$ talking points to have to create now.
OnDoutside
(19,960 posts)malaise
(269,038 posts)He insisted on the vote for a bill with 17% support and he pulled the bill - BS.
This is a BIGLY defeat
OnDoutside
(19,960 posts)H2O Man
(73,558 posts)A good day!
disalitervisum
(470 posts)to anything. that's what having no vote at all means. Not one single congressman has to go on the record.
I think that's a problem for our form of government. I think more voting, not less, is the answer.