What's their strategy with passing AHCA out of the House? [View all]

[kentuck]

In my opinion, they want to pass something, anything, out of the House so they can say they have repealed Obamacare, and it doesn't really matter what the Senate does. They have rationalized that it is politically safer for them to repeal Obamacare than to let it remain.

Also, they will then try to pass a "tax-reform" bill and send it to the Senate, thereby putting pressure on the Senate to pass the repeal of Obamacare so they will have the money for the huge taxcuts in their plan. If the Senate doesn't repeal Obamacare, there is no money for the tax cuts. This puts Republicans in the Senate in a very tight spot.

Just my opinion.