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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI remember their rewrite of history by claiming Obamacare was...
... "rammed through" with "no debate". Nothing could be farther from reality but that doesn't stop them.
Now look at what they themselves are doing with Trumpcare.
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I remember their rewrite of history by claiming Obamacare was... (Original Post)
SHRED
Jun 2017
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DK504
(3,847 posts)1. times flies for us old folks, but 17 months is still a respectable
amount of time for such legislation to go through. Not like healthcare is complicated or anything.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)4. This legislation they want is horrendous
Cruel and demented.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2. Trump tweeting lies just one hour ago. #WealthyCare gives a $$ Trillion $$ to the billionaires.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)6. Lying asshole
Fuck I hate him.
kentuck
(111,082 posts)3. Republicans had 161 amendments accepted to Obamacare.
http://www.salon.com/2010/02/23/hcr_amendments/
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As the healthcare reform bill waddles toward reconciliation a maneuver that would let the Senate pass certain budget-related provisions with only a majority vote Republicans are complaining, louder than ever, about being excluded from Democrats efforts to craft legislation. And some in the media are buying it.
Newsweek gave voice to GOP grievances in a piece titled How the GOP Sees It. It begins with this John Boehner lament: Weve offered to work with the president all year. Weve been shut out, shut out, and shut out. Newsweek characterizes the minority partys point of view this way: Republicans want to help the president succeed, but he wont let them.
Almost no one is noting the extraordinary influence Republicans had on the healthcare reform bill crafted by the Senate, as it made its way through the committee process last year. The bill approved by Sen. Christopher Dodds Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, for instance, included 161 amendments authored by Republicans. Only 49 Republican amendments were rejected out of 210 considered. Yet the bill got zero Republican votes when it passed out of the committee.
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As the healthcare reform bill waddles toward reconciliation a maneuver that would let the Senate pass certain budget-related provisions with only a majority vote Republicans are complaining, louder than ever, about being excluded from Democrats efforts to craft legislation. And some in the media are buying it.
Newsweek gave voice to GOP grievances in a piece titled How the GOP Sees It. It begins with this John Boehner lament: Weve offered to work with the president all year. Weve been shut out, shut out, and shut out. Newsweek characterizes the minority partys point of view this way: Republicans want to help the president succeed, but he wont let them.
Almost no one is noting the extraordinary influence Republicans had on the healthcare reform bill crafted by the Senate, as it made its way through the committee process last year. The bill approved by Sen. Christopher Dodds Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, for instance, included 161 amendments authored by Republicans. Only 49 Republican amendments were rejected out of 210 considered. Yet the bill got zero Republican votes when it passed out of the committee.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)5. Thanks for that link.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)7. I borrowed it for twitter sphere.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)8. We need an applet to append the time to every post.
Of course, that fails to include resignation or impeachment, the likelier way he will be leaving. Or, health reasons.
Or, to spend more time with the family.