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Kber

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12. Yes - it's the provision that pulls back the curtain on the whole show.
Thu May 4, 2017, 10:52 AM
May 2017

Healthcare for me but not for thee.

I bet it wouldn't have passed the House without that amendment. They care more about the healthcare they will get included in their pensions than their jobs in 2018.

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They should be required to have the same healthcare as their home states offer residents. displacedtexan May 2017 #1
Yeah, they should... DK504 May 2017 #16
Republicans proving Obama was right Roy Rolling May 2017 #2
They are rushing this piece of shit to the floor for a vote. Ligyron May 2017 #3
Yup but its also suicide if they dont try because of their promise to repeal it and cstanleytech May 2017 #5
Hope you all have called your Rep. If not, Please do so. riversedge May 2017 #4
I've called my pos "rep" Mike Bishop, MI-8 every day at every office for the last week. That fucking catbyte May 2017 #10
They take out the exemption to LOUD fanfare and SNEAK it back in again. + tax cut for 2% Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #6
There it is in a nut shell: yuiyoshida May 2017 #7
Yes - it's the provision that pulls back the curtain on the whole show. Kber May 2017 #12
and granny can die in the streets, for all they care... yuiyoshida May 2017 #20
rank, fetid, stinking republican hypocrisy. as always. Achilleaze May 2017 #8
They know exactly how bad it is.... defacto7 May 2017 #9
SOB's!!!!!!! mfcorey1 May 2017 #11
George Takei on Jason Chaffetz's pre-existing foot problem... iluvtennis May 2017 #13
taking a beating bora13 May 2017 #14
For me and mine but fuck you and yours. Solly Mack May 2017 #15
isn't that the entire philosophy of the Greedy Old Pig party? Skittles May 2017 #21
Yep.It is. Solly Mack May 2017 #22
And WE'RE supposed to be "Elitist" NastyRiffraff May 2017 #17
This is actually really GOOD news. Bleacher Creature May 2017 #18
I'm proud of them. Putting their own interests out in front where everyone can see. Kablooie May 2017 #19
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