Pic Of The Moment: A Tremendous Victory For Republicans!

[EarlG]

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[Maeve]

1. One slight correction--

You have an extra "people" in the "lifetime caps will force people to choose people..."

[EarlG]

3. Thanks

I fixed it.

[Gothmog]

2. K&R

[Turbineguy]

4. Trump has agreed to be our president

for 8 years! How exciting is that?

I love all the hype about this.

Republicans are sending healthcare back to the patients. That's great! I feel cheated though because I already had my appendix out and was hoping to perform the surgery myself. Keep that swiss-army knife handy!

Now Trump has his own cock holster. Kevin McCarthy.

[Trial_By_Fire]

5. Thanks for the summary.... very handy....

[yuiyoshida]

6. We should find some way to fuck over the Republicans...

fuck them over good.

[Initech]

7. I agree, this means war.

[yuiyoshida]

27. Impeaching Trump would be a nice start

[Alice11111]

19. I agree. They really don't care who they hurt as long as they

Get their tax cut. In fact, they love it. By the time it hits a few of the unwealthy ones personally, it will be too late.

[yuiyoshida]

28. Impeaching Trump would be a nice start

[SticksnStones]

31. If the RussiaTrump investigation is as widespread a net as claimed...

They may have just fucked themselves...

Perp walks and sworn testimony have a way of tarnishing a brand permanently.

[Hekate]

8. KnR

[calimary]

10. And Paul Ryan probably is rock-solid certain he's being a good Catholic.

What a disgrace.

[SummerSnow]

11. He'll say his prayers tonight and say god is a republican

[liberal from boston]

12. ACA

When does the bill go to the Senate for a vote? On DU Senator Mancin stated the bill will not pass in the senate.

[progressoid]

14. Early June I think.

[SticksnStones]

32. Word is the Senate won't bring the house bill to a vote at all

But rather they are crafting their own version of healthcare cuts.

And they'll vote on that. There's still time to have an impact on the bill.

Call Your Senators! They count the calls! Be firm but reasonably controlled with your message so they don't have cause to not count your call because you just cussed them out ~

[world wide wally]

16. Excommunicate the arrogant asshole

[2naSalit]

29. Perhaps the Pope is watching.....nt

[mdbl]

23. Yes, I'm sure Jesus would have voted with Paul Ryan

[Grins]

13. Oh, how wonderful......!

Now just promise me it includes a tax break "for all Merricans"... (But not those damn lottery winners!)

[mdbl]

24. It actually won't cut taxes for anyone making under 120,000 per year

single or 250,000 jointly. It will, however raise many of their premiums.

[world wide wally]

15. Yippee! We all gonna die!

Gimme an F...

[They_Live]

26. That song just popped into my head

out of nowhere yesterday. It still rattling around in there. Very appropriate.

[UltravioletDingo]

17. Isn't this going to take 60 votes in the Senate?

[benpollard]

21. Gorsuch's confirmation was also supposed to require 60 votes, but Republicans went nuclear.

Republicans will change the rules to get what corporations want.

[Ilsa]

18. Everyone will be covered. Cheaper than the ACA.

Better coverage.

What a liar.

[Initech]

20. We went from "Hope And Change" to "Go Fuck Yourselves, Douchebags!".

[benpollard]

22. If Democrats ever get control again...

All that's needed to fix our healthcare system is cost controls. The market is charging what the market will bear. That's how the free market works. Put a limit on how much they can charge and they'll bring overhead down.

[mdbl]

25. that has been going on for a couple of decades

notice if you have insurance, the bill might be $3500.00 but the insurance pays $52.00.

[Beartracks]

30. Why can't Dems be this bold when THEY get majorities?

Just curious.

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[SticksnStones]

33. Because lately our majorities have been slim and short lived.

I'd like to think this last election has at least cured Democrats from abstaining through the midterms.

[Beartracks]

35. OMG, I hope so. But my point is that...

... even in a "short-lived" majority, you can obviously ram your agenda through. A "short-lived" majority is still two years long, and the Republicans House got their crap through in less than 4 months.

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[SticksnStones]

36. our last majority was smack dab in the middle of the Great Recession

If you recall, the world was on fiscal fire when Obama became President and the Dems took the reins.

Obama began to formally create his presidential footprint during his first 100 days.[1] Obama quickly began attempting to foster support for his economic stimulus package, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[2] The bill passed in the House on January 28, 2009, by a 244–188 vote,[3] and it passed in the Senate on February 10 by a 61–37 margin.[4][5]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_100_days_of_Barack_Obama%27s_presidency

That was kind of a big deal, and I would think rather time consuming...except that's not all they were doing in the first 100 and all through that sliver of time we held the majority in both houses...Dems were teeing up the ACA - an entire new system for accessing, funding and managing our healthcare. ACA was incredibly complex and used a lot of work hours.

And Dems while in majority still managed to get signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Act, and an expansion on S-CHIP (state based healthcare for kids). At that same time, Obama lifted the ban on stem cell research, and started to close Guantanamo. All while reducing troops in war zones. All while vocally and demonstrably supporting human rights here and around the globe.

Trump and the Rs aren't writing thoughful, SCORED policy....they brag about how small their bills are. They aren't nose-to-the-grindstone, back at their desk crafting legislation to make the lives of everyday Americans better. They're having keggers in the Rose Garden celebrating a quickie bill with no hard numbers to support its claims.

I wouldn't dis Dems for not ramming through enough when we had the majority. Some really good work was done while we were in the majority.

[Beartracks]

37. +1 Wholeheartedly agree with your post.

Just bitter wishful thinking about shoulda-beens this weekend. :/

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[SticksnStones]

38. I hear ya...

it's been a tough news week

[Alice11111]

34. We try over & over to be bi partisan, until they win again,

and steamroller us. (They cry out that we weren't bipartisan, but it is just so they can get away with sneaky tricks.) Eventually, we get enough and rise up again to our full might.

We should never trust them. Maybe, work with them, if they are willing, but don't trust. They stab us in the back eveytime.