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W_HAMILTON

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18. The filibuster didn't protect the ACA from being repealed.

Reply to andym (Original post)

Tue Jun 22, 2021, 03:36 PM

Jun 2021

The Republicans were willing and able to repeal it with just a simple majority, but they were not able to muster a simple majority -- remember the McCain thumbs down moment?

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The filibuster is a big tradeoff, but there is a compromise to move forward: new exceptions [View all] andym Jun 2021 OP

You still need to convince ALL Democratic Senators to go along. brooklynite Jun 2021 #1

That's why a civil rights exception is such a good choice andym Jun 2021 #3

Question: is an abortion ban a "civil rights" issue for the fetus? brooklynite Jun 2021 #4

they will get abortion bans from the courts dsc Jun 2021 #10

Republicans will have no difficulty forming opposing talking points Shermann Jun 2021 #6

Jim Clyburn suggested that, and I love it wryter2000 Jun 2021 #2

One quibble..... moose65 Jun 2021 #5

You can be sure that if Republicans did not have to navigate ACA through the mess of reconciliation tritsofme Jun 2021 #13

That doesn't make any sense moose65 Jun 2021 #14

The filibuster absolutely saved the ACA. Without the filibuster, they would have not had to force tritsofme Jun 2021 #20

No it didn't. W_HAMILTON Jun 2021 #19

They wouldn't have voted on anything that looked like that reconciliation bill if there was no tritsofme Jun 2021 #22

No, that's just not true. W_HAMILTON Jun 2021 #23

I don't know what to tell you. Reconciliation is just not a good vehicle to move major health tritsofme Jun 2021 #25

Keeping the filibuster now won't prevent McConnell from getting rid of it GoodRaisin Jun 2021 #7

McConnell didn't act before to end the filibuster when Trump demanded it andym Jun 2021 #8

Because he knew the Dems would likely retake the Senate at some point. Crunchy Frog Jun 2021 #11

This. CrispyQ Jun 2021 #12

Because of a fundamental difference moose65 Jun 2021 #15

Even McConnell assumed Тяцмр would ... Whiskeytide Jun 2021 #17

He didn't end the filibuster because he could already pass everything he wanted with 50 votes. W_HAMILTON Jun 2021 #21

If you can't suspend the filibuster to protect the sovereignty of the State, what's it all about? bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #9

I think this is a reasonable approach peggysue2 Jun 2021 #16

The filibuster didn't protect the ACA from being repealed. W_HAMILTON Jun 2021 #18

I've said similar things. WarGamer Jun 2021 #24