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BumRushDaShow

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8. It sounds just like the "Repeal and Replace" (the ACA) clarion call of the GOP here

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 1, 2019, 06:21 PM

Apr 2019

where they fictionalized the public's support for getting rid of the Affordable Care Act and kept insisting that they had their "own" plan that they could put in place instead - both assertions being lies. The "people" had no such desire to eliminate the ACA (they mainly wanted to fix it) and the GOP had no real "replacement" plan in the queue because that was not their original ideological goal from the outset.

So the GOP ended up being forced to make up some crap in a backroom without hearings, and threw it out on the floor to be voted on... and of course it failed.

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Brexit votes: MPs fail to back proposals again [View all] muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 OP

I don't know who said it... nycbos Apr 2019 #1

Thing is, more & more people see this is true: Ghost Dog Apr 2019 #2

Have they taken a look at the US? maxsolomon Apr 2019 #6

Long story short: Brexit. Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #21

Do they kepp voting? Like forever? Iliyah Apr 2019 #3

All the soft Brexit options and a new referendum vote just went down, so, 11 days to hard Brexit Baclava Apr 2019 #4

These are only indicative votes. Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #5

It sounds just like the "Repeal and Replace" (the ACA) clarion call of the GOP here BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #8

Yes, there are similarities: Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #10

"dozens of MPs next week have a tutorial scheduled" BumRushDaShow Apr 2019 #12

No deal Brexit virtually inevitable - EU crazytown Apr 2019 #7

So all of those who vote for ignoramouses and stupid referendums because, well ... let's just KPN Apr 2019 #23

There have been many proposals, none have garnered a majority DeminPennswoods Apr 2019 #9

There's still a lot of "not exactly what I/we want, so won't vote for it" muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #11

The SNP abstained on that Clarke customs union motion because it didn't include freedom of movement. Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #13

I don't see why that should be a "red line" muriel_volestrangler Apr 2019 #15

But this is a winnowing process. Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #16

Oh, and in case the FOM argument seems a little parochial because of the way it cropped up here, Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #17

"bringing a spreadsheet to a knife fight" Ghost Dog Apr 2019 #18

Not my line, but glad you liked it! Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #19

A handy chart summarizing how the different parties voted: Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #14

I was curious about the 3-4 SNP "abstentions" Denzil_DC Apr 2019 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author turbinetree Apr 2019 #20