Republican senators hit by calls from voters worried about Obamacare repeal bill

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Source: Politico








By Diamond Naga Siu

06/27/2017 11:27 AM EDT

Republican senators’ offices say they’re getting a flood of calls from voters worried about the GOP Obamacare repeal bill, potentially further complicating Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s attempt to muscle the legislation through this week.

Chris Gallegos, communications director for Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, who has so far not staked out a hard position on the legislation, said calls from constituents since the bill's release last week have mainly been negative.

“Since last Thursday, the Cochran offices have received approximately 224 constituent calls against and two in favor of discussion draft of the healthcare bill,” Gallegos wrote in an email Monday.

The office of Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who has voiced support for the bill, reported similar call proportions. His communications director, Lindsay Nothern, said the office has also gotten word that there will be an organized protest on Wednesday outside their Boise office to oppose the bill.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/27/republican-health-care-bill-voter-response-239981

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Keep calling folks and tell others to call.

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[Thinkingabout]

1. Senators should be smart enough to look at the bill and read the CBO report to know the bill is bad.

[catbyte]

2. Gee whiz. Wasn't it just last week that they said that "nobody cared & there were no calls"?

I wonder if they'll take the coward's way out like their fellow GOP chickens in the House and take their phones off the hook. Then they can say that they "haven't had any more calls." Utterly vile.

[Amaryllis]

4. Jeff Merkley, who is very anti-Trumpcare, was on Rachel recently - last week or the week before -

telling her viewers that they needed a massive grass roots outcry like before with health care; that people were focused on Russiagate or on vacation and weren't paying attention like before and that if this was going to be defeated, people had to start contacting their senators massively.

[LeftInTX]

3. Cruz has his fax machine turned off...doesn't even auto-reply to his emails

Ignores you if visit his office, doesn't answer his phone

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5. He's Got The Right Name

Crap-o like their healthcare bill.

[Sunlei]

6. he calls 224 calls a flood? damn people they need a million calls! I've know groups that put in 20,

20,000 calls and snail mail letters over much smaller issues!

[BigmanPigman]

7. You're a mean one Mr. McConnell...

You're as cuddly as a cactus and charming as an eel...I wouldn't touch you with a 39 1/ 2 foot pole.