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SoCalNative

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4. It passed the HOUSE

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Thu May 4, 2017, 02:21 PM

May 2017

only. It needs to be voted on in the Senate as well.

C'mon people.

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The ACHA just passed. [View all] pnwmom May 2017 OP

It passed *the House.* The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #1

A week ago it was "unlikely" to pass the House. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #6

The Senate is a very different bunch. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #13

Changes had to be made to get enough votes to pass in the House Kaleva May 2017 #25

MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!! Initech May 2017 #2

Bastards padah513 May 2017 #3

welcome to du. apparently, it was the dems singing it. niyad May 2017 #8

I wish they hadn't done that exboyfil May 2017 #18

To me it is a good thing if true gabeana May 2017 #21

I hope all of their children need to declare bankruptcy to pay for their medical care. crazylikafox May 2017 #10

It passed the HOUSE SoCalNative May 2017 #4

They will be chortling. Their smugness will be unbearable. -nt CrispyQ May 2017 #5

Let's see how smug they are when the CBO score comes out The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #16

their voters do not care about the cbo niyad May 2017 #19

They will when they find out what this actually does. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #22

Aren't 218 votes required to pass anything in the house ... VMA131Marine May 2017 #7

Abstentions or absent members? ananda May 2017 #12

Abstentions don't change the majority requirement, neither do absentees ... VMA131Marine May 2017 #17

Nope. Yonnie3 May 2017 #35

2 reps joined leftynyc May 2017 #14

There are currently 4 vacancies in the House.... PoliticAverse May 2017 #33

It passed the House. blogslut May 2017 #9

Those are our guys? mahina May 2017 #27

I'm still not fond of it. blogslut May 2017 #37

The world has officially ended ProudLib72 May 2017 #11

Well I am sure bdamomma May 2017 #15

The house passed an 'audit the fed bill' in 2012... Blanks May 2017 #20

got it through the House Thomas Hurt May 2017 #23

Hasn't the house repealed ACA numerous times? Buckeyeblue May 2017 #24

And the Senate too. Obama vetoed it. Trump won't. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #26

There were more Repubs in the Senate then. Kaleva May 2017 #28

It can't pass mvd May 2017 #29

Names of GOP house members that voted "no"? Freethinker65 May 2017 #30

Make sure redumbliCONs that voted "yes" never return to Washington democratisphere May 2017 #31

Now it's up to them to fix all the shit they have been crowing about The_Casual_Observer May 2017 #32

Also, a woefully insufficient $8 billion is enough to make this pass? mvd May 2017 #34

The house also repealed O.C. a bazillion times C_U_L8R May 2017 #36

Time to fight for free single payer for all HoneyBadger May 2017 #38

Roll call list link Yonnie3 May 2017 #39

Dems should use this opportunity to talk about morality and what kind of country we want to be Nanjeanne May 2017 #40