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In reply to the discussion: Health Care Vote: Senate Rejects Repeal Without Replace [View all]Moral Compass
(1,513 posts)This didn't look doable at the outset due to what the Senate Republicans cannot do via the reconciliation process limitations (if they deal with anything in the bill that is not revenue/tax impacting such as getting rid of pre-existing condition protections then the bill becomes vulnerable to the filibuster.)
So, that leaves only one thing. Going with the nuclear option and eliminating the filibuster for anything.
Is McConnell that desperate?
I'm thinking no, but Trump is going to make life really uncomfortable for his own McConnell and his own party.
Trump just wants a bill to sign. He doesn't seem to care what this does to his putative party and what impact this could have on the 2018 mid-terms. He may be thinking he'll have the game so rigged by that time that it won't matter what happens in 2018 and beyond.