Breaking News Alert:GOP vote will focus solely on Obamacare repeal

[applegrove]

Boston Globe

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/07/17/republicans-will-repeal-obamacare-before-replacing/1GG2fDm9RpGDiKiHFcGoEM/story.html?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has abandoned efforts to pass a broad Republican-only replacement of the Affordable Care Act, saying he will instead seek a vote on a simple repeal — delayed by two years to give lawmakers time to seek a replacement.
 
McConnell’s move came after two more Republican senators announced their opposition to the plan, drafted largely in secret.


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[regnaD kciN]

1. He'll need 60 votes...

...as this wouldn't be covered by the budget-reconciliation process.

[LovingA2andMI]

6. Then This Is DOA...

As 60 Votes Means -- They Need Dems To Pass - And Any Dem Seeking Re-Election Anytime Ever Would Not Step On Those Hot Coals.

[Stuart G]

9. 60 votes, means 60 votes.. the witch is dead, this bill is dead...

I hope this is true....this bill is dead!!!

[David__77]

2. So Snowe and Heller may be "no."

And perhaps McCain will be incapacitated for some time.

[dalton99a]

3. Evil piece of shit.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Let me get this straight.

It's Mitch's sandbox. He owns it. He says who gets to play and who doesn't (like those stinky Democrats). Yet Mitch cannot build his own sand castle. In fact he tries and tries but it keeps falling down. So Mitch blows up the sandbox.

[Matthew28]

5. Looks like the turtle

is going to burn down the house.

[OliverQ]

7. If only we could repeal McConnell instead.

[OnDoutside]

8. Idiot. 2018 would then become a Referendum on Healthcare, bring

it on, if they vote for that !!!!

[Doodley]

10. CBO already said 32 million would lose healthcare, and premiums would skyrocket with the uncertainty