House GOPers say Susan Collins Health Care Demands are Dead on Arrival. TPM:

[Stuart G]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-gopers-say-susan-collins-health-care-demands-are-dead-on-arrival

Talking Points Memo:
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Alice Ollstein Published December 19, 2017 4:51 pm

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Just a few hours before the Senate prepares to vote on a massive overhaul of the American tax system, a host of House Republicans told reporters that the promises made to secure the vote of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) have no chance of passing the lower chamber and becoming law.

Collins announced Monday that she would vote for the tax bill based on promises from President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to support two health care bills aimed at mitigating the expected damage from the tax bill’s provision killing Obamacare’s individual mandate

One bill would to restore government subsidies to insurance companies known as CSRs that the Trump administration cut off earlier this year, and the other would set up a temporary federal reinsurance program. Both policies would lower insurance premiums, which are predicted to rise sharply as result of eliminating the individual mandate, but would do nothing to prevent an expected 13 million more people from becoming uninsured over the next decade. Still, many Republicans, including Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), said there is widespread opposition in the House to these policies, which they see as propping up Obamacare.

“Our guys do not want to be in the position of upholding a system that we all oppose and that we tried to repeal and did repeal in this chamber. That’s a real problem,” Cole said, before taking aim at Collins. “We’re not going to let ourselves be blackmailed by one senator for one vote in the United States Senate. I don’t think so.”

[madaboutharry]

1. Susan Collins is not very bright.

That is a fact. I don't think she is a bad person. But, she always struck me as kind of dumb.

[mazzarro]

3. Bait and switch

And she will fall for it, hook, line and sinker like the "Moran" she is.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. I think she is acting.

Remember, she said she would not vote for the bill's progress a few weeks ago, then told everyone Yertle had promised her something for her vote, which never materialized, he went back on his word.

So NOW she is trying to convince us she did the same damn thing. ( as if Trump could ever be trusted).
Now someone steps up and claims she is innocent of bullshit, that what she wanted in THIS vote ain't gonna happen, after promises once again to her.

So she can go back to the voters and plead she really really tried to help them, and hope to god what she said to the contrary behind closed doors never gets out.
Oh..wait....I know about that, conversation. all over Twitter. ooops.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. She could give a Rat's Ass about the people of Maine.

This most likely will be her last term.

[Nitram]

8. If it's her last term, what does she have to lose by bucking the Republicans?

Maybe the undecided, middle-of-the-road schtick was just an act.

[Salviati]

4. She should have known that when she made the demands

If she didn't she's either lying through her teeth, or too stupid to be a Senator. But she is in the GOP, so the right answer is likely both.

[dalton99a]

5. Susan Collins is full of shit just like the rest of them

[Cicada]

6. Susan should vote no. Tax bill still passes, she gets off the hook.

She can pretend her change is due to house members saying her demands are dead on arrival.

Issa and Rohrabacher voted no on the tax bill. Why not? It will pass anyway, why take a political hit?

If Susan is smart she will vote no also.