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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe ACHA just passed.
217 yes votes.
Does anyone know where to find the list of how people voted?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)It is unlikely to make it through the Senate.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)And the CBO score will be out by then. It will be a whole new ball game.
Kaleva
(36,146 posts)More changes will have to made before there's a chance it can pass the Senate. Changes that may make the bill unacceptable to many Repubs in the House.
Initech
(99,914 posts)padah513
(2,483 posts)They were on the floor singing hey hey hey goodbye
niyad
(112,434 posts)exboyfil
(17,857 posts)It takes away from the seriousness of the vote. I was about ready to go high order about Republican taunting. Whoever thought it was a good idea is sadly mistaken.
gabeana
(3,166 posts)tells me dems are going to make this an issue, hang around the GOP neck,take back the house
crazylikafox
(2,739 posts)I'd wish them worse but I'm a nice person.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)only. It needs to be voted on in the Senate as well.
C'mon people.
CrispyQ
(36,226 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)and they have to explain to their constituents back home how they fucked them.
niyad
(112,434 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,124 posts)435 / 2 = 217.5 or are there only 433 house reps at the moment?
ananda
(28,783 posts)nt
VMA131Marine
(4,124 posts)There are a number of open seats however...
I read the clerk of the house announcing that "433 is the whole number of the house" in January due to a resignation. I haven't noticed any other announcements, but I'm not reading the house floor activities report every day.
http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.aspx?day=20170103&today=20170504
ADJUSTMENT OF WHOLE HOUSE - Under Clause 5(d) of rule 20, the Chair announced to the House that, in light of the resignation of the gentlewoman from Michigan, Mrs. Miller, the whole number of the House is 433.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)degenerate donnie's administration so there's fewer reps.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Last edited Thu May 4, 2017, 03:38 PM - Edit history (1)
See: http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/vacancies.aspx
So a current majority is: 435 -4 = 431 / 2 = 215.5 = 216.
blogslut
(37,955 posts)It still needs to be passed by the Senate. It's not over and those fuckers singing can fuck right off.
mahina
(17,506 posts)But I agree with your sentiment about the repealers.
blogslut
(37,955 posts)But, right now I'm not fond of much anything.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING FUCKS!!!!
bdamomma
(63,655 posts)Mr Trump is happy and we are going to hear about it.
this means war folks the repigs will be going down. Oh, trump supporters this affects you too.
Anything good during the Obama years for the people they are completing destroying.
They own this one. But the Senate will not comply with this crap.
Plus the CBO office I think I could be wrong has not even come out to say how many people this will affect.
The filthy repigs are greedy SOB men. They will loose their constituents.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)And again in 2014.
The house passes stuff all the time that nothing comes from. It's just a victory before they go on vacation.
Try not to panic.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)now there is the Senate and legal challenges and the political fallout, if they get signed.
Buckeyeblue
(5,491 posts)I doubt it gets through the Senate. I would be surprised if there are 50 senators willing to vote for it.
If it passes, maybe we should all drop healthcare coverage, start using emergency rooms for all of our health needs and refuse to pay the bills when we get them.
I know that doesn't work for everyone. Just saying.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)Kaleva
(36,146 posts)mvd
(65,148 posts)Too many lives are at stake. We must not let them.
Freethinker65
(9,933 posts)Were there any surprises? Who among the GOP yes votes is most vulnerable?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)after the 2018 election.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)And make it work.
However, they won't do shit and this is going to hurt everybody since the ACA affected all insured in one way or another.
Watch premiums skyrocket for everyone now.
mvd
(65,148 posts)The Repukes are ALL morally bankrupt! So called moderates included! Not very moderate if an $8 billion out of $200 billion needed carrot will appease them.
C_U_L8R
(44,894 posts)It's a den of crazies and knuckleheads. Fuck em.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)That needs to be the promise of every Dem.
Yonnie3
(17,376 posts)Nanjeanne
(4,878 posts)... and how we want to treat our citizens.
It's not just kicking millions off - it's saying Republicans believe it's OK to buy insurance for healthcare based on how much you earn. That's not OK. Teachers, social workers, fast food workers, secretaries, all people deserve quality healthcare.
When Republicans use CHOICE they mean choose what you can afford. What kind of morality is that? And now cancer patients and others will life-threatening diseases will have annual caps and lifetime caps and premiums they can't afford in high risk pools that does nothing to bring down the cost of healthcare. Bankruptcy is now in the future for millions if they live long enough to exhaust their annual and lifetime caps.
Medicare4All - take the profit incentive out of healthCARE now. Insurance companies will still sell adjunct healthcare items and flourish. Rich people will always be able to buy more care. But ALL citizens will get excellent healthCARE and everyone will be covered.
Messaging now is more important than ever. When Taiwain started their universal healthcare system in the 1980s - they did it after years of economic growth. They started from the moral standpoint that a country that now had the money needed to protect it's citizens and they then created their national healthcare system from scratch based on that moral starting point.
Democrats need to find a common thread that they all use. It's not enough to talk about people losing insurance. People listen to that and think - that's not me - those people are lazy or poor or useless. A real concrete message condensed into a couple of sentences repeated over and over is what the Democrats need.