WA dems weak on withholding consent on the ACHA

[ciaobaby]

Neither Patty Murray or Maria Cantwell will commit to withholding consent.
Pesonally I am beyond tired of this. This is why we turn to Bernie Sanders for action we can count on. I do not have time to track every time my representatives decide to act like republican. I should not have to call them and email them for what they should know to do as a democratic. Neither will ever get my vote again.

[MFM008]

1. wait... they are saying the wont support

the repeal of the ACA or they wont commit to saying they wont?

[ciaobaby]

2. No - they are not saying anything - which is just as bad.

[MFM008]

4. hmmm

may have to call their offices.
I usually dont thinking they will do the right thing.
hmmmm.

[suffragette]

7. Both strongly oppose replacing ACA with AHCA. This looks to be about support of a tactic of

Possibly delaying the bill in the Senate. This article describes it as a "parliamentary maneuver."

I hadn't heard of this before either. Had to look it up to see what exactly the OP is about.

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/143300/senate-democrats-need-go-nuclear-trumpcare-right-now

Senate Democrats need to go nuclear on Trumpcare right now. Senate Republicans are working to fast-track a health care bill in utmost secrecy before the July 4 recess. It’s clear that the bill—which is shaping up to be as disastrous as the House-passed American Health Care Act—won’t be let out of the dungeon until the very last second to avoid scrutiny. Republicans aren’t planning to hold any hearings and they won’t publicly release a draft of their bill because, as one senior GOP Senate aide told Axios, “We aren’t stupid.”
If Mitch McConnell and the Republican majority want to pass a bill taking away health insurance from some 20 million Americans, there isn’t much that Democrats can do about it in the end. But they can delay the process—and activists are pushing them to do just that. Groups like Indivisible and Move On want Democrats to withhold consent—a parliamentary maneuver that slows down Senate business—to trip up McConnell. According to Jeff Stein at Vox, Senate Democrats don’t have any current plans to do so. They argue that “going nuclear” would only unify Republicans in their resolve and would, at most, stall the inevitable by a few weeks:


https://www.pattymurray.com/act/ahca-house?utm_source=sp10953615&utm_medium=email&sc=sp10953615&refcode=sp10953615
Say NO to Trumpcare

Trumpcare would kick tens of millions off health insurance, raise premiums for pre-existing conditions, raise health care costs, and create chaos in the nation’s health care system.

Patty’s fighting to make sure this bill dies in the Senate, but she needs your help -- add your name to take a stand against Trumpcare today.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SenatorCantwell/status/844946593723772928

Sen. Maria Cantwell
@SenatorCantwell

House Republican #AHCA bill robs #Medicaid of $880 billion, a program that covers millions of children & families. Truly a #healthcare heist
9:19 AM - 23 Mar 2017

[riversedge]

3. Please call both of them and tell them your thoughts. They need to know.

[ciaobaby]

5. Have called today and yesterday - answers the same. No comment on this from either.

[ciaobaby]

6. Numbers if you want to call:

Wa DC - 212.664.2333
WA local office:
Patty Murray - 206.553.5545
Maria Cantwell - 206.220.6400