Broken health-care pledge tests Collins-McConnell relationship

[William Postsalot]

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Source: The Hill

BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 12/21/17 06:00 AM EST

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will be a crucial swing vote for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) next year, but it may be tougher to strike deals with her after McConnell failed to fulfill a pledge on health care.

The moderate senator told reporters this month that she had an “ironclad” commitment from McConnell and Vice President Pence to pass legislation by the end of the year to stabilize ObamaCare premiums. She wanted that assurance before committing her vote for tax reform.

But that vote has now been delayed until January due to opposition from House Republicans.

Collins isn’t accusing McConnell of breaking his pledge, but she is disappointed in the outcome, according to sources familiar with the negotiations on health-care legislation.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/365922-broken-health-care-pledge-tests-collins-mcconnell-relationship

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Well cry me a FREA-kin River, Susue!

[kacekwl]

1. She doesn't GAF it was just

cover for her to vote yea.

[unblock]

5. exactly. she knew full well the house would not play along.

[aggiesal]

14. She knows Obamacare is dead ...

How could stabilizing Obamacare premiums even occur?

The only way that could possibly happen was to vote NO on the
Tax giveaway to the Greedy One Percent (GOP).

That January vote will be meaningless.

She's just trying to keep her base, by using this excuse.

[rzemanfl]

2. Welcome to DU and good on you for the star. n/t

[dem4decades]

3. She really played her supporters back in Maine.

And they trusted her. But will they hold her accountable?

[AllyCat]

4. She is not a moderate. She is a right wing republican who pretends to be moderate

So it looks good to her purple constituents

[MGKrebs]

7. Conservatives disagree.

This chart says they like her less than Bernie or Cory Booker or Elizabeth Warren.
https://www.conservativereview.com/scorecard/

Same here:
https://www.heritageactionscorecard.com/members

[IronLionZion]

6. She knew this would happen, this was all for show

To make her appear to fight for some principles and fool her voters.

[Horizens]

8. Fool or Liar

If she believed McConnell she's a fool. If not, she's a liar.

A classic example of the perpetrator casting herself as the victim.

[ananda]

9. They're both assholes.

Is it a contest?

[groundloop]

10. As if she REALLY expected a different outcome !!!!

Either she's just playing along with McTurtle and is using this as a cover story to blow smoke up her constituents collective ass, or she's a damned idiot for trusting McTurtle. She gets absolutely zero sympathy here, if she really cared about this issue she shouldn't have voted for the tax bill without this provision in it.

[harun]

11. Never negotiate with Terrorists

Not that she didn't know that to begin with.

[dembotoz]

12. Guess that promise was worth less than thirty pieces of silver

[sdfernando]

13. Collins is usesless...she is a full on REPUG. There isn't a moderate bone in her body.

Grandstanding and getting her name in the news is all this was about. Its all it was about the previous times too. Why Mainers don't see that pattern and vote her sorry ass out I don't know.

[maxrandb]

15. Dear Susan

Go fuck yourself sideways with a First Edition hard cover copy of Atlas Shrugged you worthless piece of amphibian Shit!!!

I'm sorry... was that "sexist"??

[ffr]

16. Give me a break!

What drama. Must get them the publicity they so desperately need.

[dbackjon]

17. Screw her. She is no different than McConnell - a fucking liar.

Rubberstamp.

She needs to go.

[DonViejo]

18. Locking....

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