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babylonsister

(170,964 posts)
Wed May 3, 2017, 12:07 PM May 2017

Key GOP reps will back ObamaCare repeal bill with new amendment

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/331738-key-gop-rep-upton-will-back-obamacare-repeal-bill-with-new-amendment

Key GOP reps will back ObamaCare repeal bill with new amendment
By Jordan Fabian - 05/03/17 11:12 AM EDT


Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Billy Long (R-Mo.) said Wednesday they will support the GOP’s ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill with the addition of a new amendment Upton drafted.

The two Republicans made the announcement at the White House after meeting with President Trump.

Both previously opposed the bill, which is backed by Trump and Republican leaders.

"I think it is likely now to pass the House,” Upton said.

But he added he’s “not in the whip count” and can’t definitively say there are enough votes for the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to pass.

Upton said a vote could be held as soon as Thursday.


GOP leadership has sought to make changes to the ObamaCare repeal bill to get enough House Republican support to pass the bill. The legislation was abruptly pulled from the House floor in late March after it became clear that a planned vote on the AHCA would have failed.

In a brief interview Wednesday, Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) told The Hill that the Upton amendment meant that he was putting both Upton and Long back in the "yes" column for his internal whip count.

"I think it brings them to yes," Scalise said as he bolted from the Speaker's office out of the doors of the Capitol.

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) told The Hill the late change "absolutely" added net votes to the GOP tally.

- Scott Wong contributed.
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Key GOP reps will back ObamaCare repeal bill with new amendment (Original Post) babylonsister May 2017 OP
I really hope they pass it. lapfog_1 May 2017 #1
I hope people dont have to die but some simply may have to, in that if any repeal bill Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #3
They only need 50 votes & Pence NewRedDawn May 2017 #8
After the CBO scoring... lapfog_1 May 2017 #14
Does not say what the amendment is. Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #2
The amendment adds 8 billion dollars to cover pre-existing conditions. octoberlib May 2017 #5
We have to accept that they wont be happy until the poor are dying, fact. Eliot Rosewater May 2017 #7
The key word is SOME people Thrill May 2017 #9
Yep. Some people translates into octoberlib May 2017 #11
In other words, a voucher. n/t Orsino May 2017 #13
Amendment is probably something like... forgotmylogin May 2017 #4
The amendment doesn't change crap just makes the optics better for them on octoberlib May 2017 #6
We should thank them for the ad spots that will be run in the 2018 campaign. Vinca May 2017 #10
Anyone know what the amendment is? PA Democrat May 2017 #12

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
3. I hope people dont have to die but some simply may have to, in that if any repeal bill
Wed May 3, 2017, 12:12 PM
May 2017

goes thru all the way to the complete nutcase in the WH.

The main goal of course is destroy Obama legacy. Funny how many white people are fine with that even if it means killing Americans.

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
14. After the CBO scoring...
Wed May 3, 2017, 06:23 PM
May 2017

any GOP senator from a purple state will be a no vote. It will die in committee.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
2. Does not say what the amendment is.
Wed May 3, 2017, 12:11 PM
May 2017

What we know is the GOP wants very very much to eliminate the poor, one way or another.

The last way they want to do that is provide jobs, by the way.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
5. The amendment adds 8 billion dollars to cover pre-existing conditions.
Wed May 3, 2017, 12:17 PM
May 2017

But basically, it doesn't do crap. Still shunts them into high risk pools.


A respected authority on health care, Upton said the proposal would provide $8 billion over five years to help some people with pre-existing medical conditions pay costly insurance premiums. It comes with many moderates opposing the high-priority legislation, even as GOP leaders press holdouts to back it and push it through the House before the chamber begins a week-long recess scheduled to start Friday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/02/in-the-trump-white-house-the-momentum-has-turned-against-the-paris-climate-agreement/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_climateaccord440am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.262b33048b2e

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
12. Anyone know what the amendment is?
Wed May 3, 2017, 01:30 PM
May 2017

These Republicans are bartering away people's lives and financial stability. They are shameful.

The changes have not been scored by the CBO and they have held NO public hearings. Most of the cowards won't even have town hall meetings with their constituents.

Who was the weasel that almost ran into the lady's room in an attempt to avoid a reporter? Such profiles in courage!

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