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In reply to the discussion: Post removed [View all]EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Long before Bernie introduced his. So why didn't Bernie support him by introducing companion bill then instead of waiting until last week to do something?
And, yes, Conyers is talking about it at the Congressional Black Caucus annual legislative conference this week. That's what CBC members do at ALC they talk about A broad range of issues, including their legislation That's very different than rolling out a bill in the middle of this important Obamacare debate, running around all over town and showing up all across the airwaves talking about it and doing a nationally televised debate.
Oh, and by the way Conyers is a congressman, not a senator. The ACA repeal effort is happening in the Senate, where Bernie and his bill or sucking all the oxygen out of the opposition.