'Getting Rolled': McConnell Was Outfoxed With His Own Playbook
After Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin announced a deal on a climate and tax bill right after Republicans helped clear a manufacturing bill, the GOP got a taste of its own medicine.https://www.thedailybeast.com/getting-rolled-mitch-mcconnell-was-outfoxed-with-his-own-playbook
For years, Democrats have watched Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell deploy ultra-partisan legislative tactics to outmaneuver them on everything from fiscal cliff negotiations to filling a Supreme Court seat. But this week, Senate Republicans may have gotten a taste of their own medicine—and it didn’t go down smoothly. On Wednesday, McConnell and 13 Republicans joined with all Democrats to pass a sweeping bill investing in U.S. high-tech manufacturing, a major bipartisan win.
Barely an hour later, after more than a year of halting negotiations, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) announced he had reached an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on a package of climate investments, tax hikes for the rich, and prescription drug reforms.
McConnell said in June that Republicans would hold the manufacturing bill hostage if Democrats moved forward with their broader bill, which would pass through a party-line vote process called reconciliation. After that, Manchin threw cold water on the idea of passing a sweeping bill, and Republicans expected Democrats to pursue a pared-down package only containing drug pricing reforms.
Clearly, Manchin never left the table. And Republicans, along with the rest of the world, found out when the senator released a statement announcing his support for a party-line bill—minutes after the GOP relinquished its leverage. “I think that could be something you call ‘getting rolled,’” Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told The Daily Beast on Thursday. “There had to be a little bit of trust. I guess, someone, it looks like they either misunderstood or it didn’t work out the way it should have.”
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signed up for Medicare (first year) I chose an Advantage plan because they gave $100. back from Part B and there was a pretty low out-of-pocket and no premium...hubs had two surgeries since late January and has another one in September for-spinal surgery so we are living off of savings. I needed to keep costs down.
I know this is controversial and there are good points for both plans. However, it turns out that if you are on original Medicare, you can't get Eliquist...not approved for Medicare. That is ridiculous. I have always thought we should have one plan for all ages. Maybe someday we will. I hope so regardless if it is single-payer or some hybrid.
The slimmed-down BBB which I hope passes should help with this sort of thing. I dodged a bullet and since I took no medicines at all before Covid, I really didn't check the pharmacy stuff...I should have but I didn't.
