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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Fri Mar 24, 2017, 08:38 PM Mar 2017

Pelosi: GOP health bill failure victory for the American people

Source: The Hill

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took a victory lap Friday, calling the GOP's decision to pull its healthcare bill a "victory for the American people."

"Today is a great day for our country," Pelosi said moments after Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) grimly acknowledged ObamaCare will stay in place "for the foreseeable future."

"What happened on the floor was a victory for the American people, for our seniors, for people with disabilities, for our children, for our veterans."

Standing alongside fellow members of Democratic leadership, Pelosi added that the unity of House Democrats in opposition to the American Health Care Act played an important role in depriving Republicans the needed votes to pass it.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/325705-pelosi-gop-health-bill-failure-victory-for-the-american-people

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Pelosi: GOP health bill failure victory for the American people (Original Post) TomCADem Mar 2017 OP
Mahalo, Nancy! Cha Mar 2017 #1
I might just try to get onto the ACA now RussBLib Mar 2017 #2

RussBLib

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2. I might just try to get onto the ACA now
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 01:07 AM
Mar 2017

I'd been waiting to see what the imbeciles finally did.

I'll bet you quite a number of Americans get onto the ACA in the next month, now that it has life again.

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