House GOP Pushing for Thursday Vote on Health Care

[DonViejo]

Source: Political Wire



May 3, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

“The House is about to give it one more try with the Republican health care bill. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) will introduce an amendment that would help protect people with pre-existing conditions, an attempt to bring moderate holdouts to the table,” Axios reports.

“Early Wednesday morning, well-placed sources in the White House and in the House Republican conference told us the momentum was driving towards a vote on Thursday. The White House has been more bullish all along, and senior House sources have been consistently exasperated at administration officials setting artificial deadlines.”

“Senior House lawmakers remain concerned about the potential for the new, more moderate, language to unnerve the ultra conservative House Freedom Caucus members.”

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[erpowers]

1. Freedom Caucus

So, what will pre-existing conditions do to the Freedom Caucus? Will they still be willing to support the bill? Will they hold their noses in order to give Trump a win?

[Moostache]

2. Why are they doing this Kabuki theater when it has zero life in the Senate?

This show-pony politics is disgusting and makes me want to punch kittens at times...the GOP duplicity is whiplash inducing.

[briv1016]

3. If they do get it through the House, you can be damn sure they're going to remove the filibuster

to try to get it through the Senate.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Who has the list of Checks cut by

Insurance Lobbyist's. How much did Upton get? How much did Long get?

[LiberalLovinLug]

5. What's this the third time's the charm?

what happened to Trumps insistence before the first vote that if doesn't pass he would leave it for now and move on to other things?

Oh right, his word is shit.