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Negotiations over the G.O.P. health care replacement bill are continuing. Here, we compile six news organizations estimates of the vote count.
A tearful Mr. Kimmel on Monday night told the story of his infant son, Billy, who was born with heart defects and had surgery. Mr. Kimmel pleaded with Congress not to undermine the Affordable Care Acts ban on discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions.
After Mr. Kimmels monologue went viral, former President Barack Obama weighed in on Twitter, writing: Well said, Jimmy. Thats exactly why we fought so hard for the ACA, and why we need to protect it for kids like Billy.
House Republican leaders are also fighting against the clock. The House is scheduled to be in recess beginning on Friday and is not set to return until May 16. Republicans who are on the fence are likely to get an earful from their constituents.
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Representative Tom Rooney, Republican of Florida, said he was leaning yes on the repeal bill, but agonizing over how to explain his vote to constituents.
I have a lot of people who call my office on a daily basis who are extremely angry, he said. Its not just because Im a Republican, but because they are sincerely scared.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/us/politics/health-care-paul-ryan-fred-upton-congress.html
Doodley
(8,976 posts)It is as though that isn't ever on the radar. Jimmy Kimmel goes on air and suddenly many more people are awakened to the importance of healthcare without pre-existing condition clauses for all, but why not wake up to Republican governors who have blocked Medicare expansion?
Demsrule86
(68,352 posts)It is there only hope.
Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)so CEO's can be paid ridiculously high, why not have people die so that the rich can get tax cuts?
awesomerwb
(139 posts)Representative Tom Rooney, Republican of Florida, said he was leaning yes on the repeal bill, but agonizing over how to explain his vote to constituents.
I have a lot of people who call my office on a daily basis who are extremely angry, he said. Its not just because Im a Republican, but because they are sincerely scared.
So he's not concerned about his constituents, just over how to tell them he's throwing them under the bus? Vote him out!
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Orrex
(63,086 posts)There is no nuance here, and anyone who is "leaning" one way or the other is simply waiting to receive their marching orders and/or the appropriate funding from interested parties.
This isn't "should we order pizza or sandwiches for delivery?" This is a fundamental and life-altering decision, with one choice leading to the deaths and suffering of millions and the other choice easing that suffering at the cost of slightly diminished healthcare industry profits.
Fuck any stupid asshole who comes down on the wrong side of this, and fuck any asshole who's still "leaning" one way or the other. At this point, how can anyone not have made up their mind? The matter has been discussed more or less constantly for close to a decade, and the only legislators who still don't know how to vote are simply trying to figure out how to minimize the damage they'll cause themselves on election day.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,911 posts)You know, "better dead than red."