Did elimination of "essential services" coverage cause any loss of moderate support? nt

[LAS14]

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. If they pass this each rep should have 1000 screaming constituents greeting them wherever

they go, every day, all day.

Dont know the answer to your question, sorry.

Knowing that petulant child in the WH, if he doesnt get his way, he will blame everybody but himself and move on, which is a HUGE victory for America

[PoliticAverse]

2. Yes. n/t

[Freddie]

3. I seriously think it's the calls, faxes, etc.

It's working. My sis-in-law is home on disability and has been spending every waking moment calling her Congressperson (and others). They KNOW they will lose next year if they vote for this travesty.

[LAS14]

4. Here's one flipped vote.

In one stunning defection Friday, Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) announced at midday that the health care bill is “currently unacceptable” and that changes made late Thursday to placate conservatives “raise serious coverage and cost issues.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-leaders-prepare-to-vote-friday-on-health-care-reform/2017/03/24/736f1cd6-1081-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html

[geek tragedy]

5. yes, they're running for the hills.

Why tattoo that kind of cruelty on your forehead for voters to see, for a pile of hot legislative garbage doomed to failure?

[LAS14]

6. Dana Bash just said, "It's not just members of the Freedom Caucus, like...

... those coming out of the meeting with vice president Pence. No, more and more it's moderate Republicans who say the changes...." (Didn't hear the rest.)

I'm glad to hear that there are SOME limits to the inhumane behavior some Republicans are willing to engage in.

[Idoru]

8. Oh, this isn't them being humane

This is about fear of losing their seats.

[Idoru]

7. Yes

They appealed to the wrong group. The Tea Party won't budge and gutting it to appeal to them just made it impossible for the hold-out moderates to support it.