Trump, May 2017: 100 days of [unintelligible]

"kind of cures" are all that's gonna be available to anyone after this abomination

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/health-care-vote/index.html

The mood among House Republicans is jubilant Thursday morning as they prepare to vote for their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

The first test vote easily passed along party lines, with a final vote on the bill expected in the 1 p.m. ET hour on the legislation, would dismantle the pillars of the Affordable Care Act and make sweeping changes to the nation's health care system.

The final vote will be very close, but many Republicans were already in a celebratory mode in a morning meeting in the House basement. The theme song to "Rocky" played as members filed in.

yes, i remember that moment in rocky where he fought and fought and then died because he couldn't afford health insurance

Let's see how long the wealthy stay wealthy when the money consumers would've used on goods and services *poured into guns in ammo as directed by NRA* are instead funneled directly into paying off $8 million medical bills *pointed at them*. xpost and fixed.

i would love it if sylvester stallone appeared and punched them in the face

lol almost fixed, but words are hard.

well he got cancer in Creed but there were no death panels

Kate Upton could have written a better amendment

will the senate pass this tax cut through reconciliation, or will mcconnell nuke the legislation filibuster? i can't wait to find out : )

a glowing NYT story published yesterday claimed as evidence of Senate bipartisanship that members of both parties overwhelmingly want to keep the legislation filibuster. But eh

And here's a press release explaining Ros Lehtnen's no vote.

that makes too much moral sense for a typical republican i'd bet though. to think the TEA party 'took back america' in 2010 crying foul about "passing the bill to find out what's in it". if only more of these people were capable of shame

Obviously nobody knows anything anymore, but "Donald Trump and the GOP took trillions of dollars from their voters and gave them to their donors" is a hell of a message

I should note that my boy Curbelo is one of three reps in South Florida w/ more people covered under ACA exchanges than any other.

Meantime, more on the religious order EO front -- when you've got the Alliance Defending Freedom crew complaining about it...

http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/10252

During his campaign, President Trump stated that the first priority of his administration would be to preserve and protect religious liberty. In speeches, he said the Little Sisters of the Poor and other people of faith will always have their religious liberty protected on his watch and will not have to face bullying from the government because of their religious beliefs. Religious voters took him at his word, giving the president a mandate to affirm and protect Americans’ first freedom.

The current outline of the Religious Liberty Executive Order released by White House officials recalls those campaign promises but leaves them unfulfilled.

I have yet to see any 'typical' religious right activist type of the sort I've noticed over the years give any real praise to this at all, and mostly as noted it's either disappointment or just outright scorn.

Which makes this all the more funny.

At National Day of Prayer event, Trump says if he hadn't won the presidency, "I'd be out enjoying my life."

— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) May 4, 2017

Dude's on a roll today, it turns out:

"I could use some good lawyers" -- Trump says in a Rose Garden ceremony

— Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) May 4, 2017

"We're gonna take care of a lot of people, great great people." -- Trump, on today's Obamacare repeal vote.

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) May 4, 2017

Sarlin meanwhile had a good point re the Senate that talk is obviously cheap among GOP types there. (As elsewhere!) So question is, how hard do people want to go to the mat for this in the end.

maybe how like they slide gorsuch in, they want to repeal obamacare pre-impeachment?

sally yates might be bringing hellfire monday

a look inside the GOP house deliberations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUt2BNwG3CE

i wouldn't hold your breath xp

i thought this cut to the core

Finally, some honesty from the GOP: pic.twitter.com/3sKoy4Zuad

— Pixelated Boat (@pixelatedboat) May 4, 2017

pricks are people too, my friend

More from the Senate (and this all makes sense from here):

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/331842-in-senate-pessimism-over-obamacare-repeal

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Republican senators say they don’t see a way to get healthcare reform over the finish line, even if the House passes a bill this week.

A senior GOP senator said the chances of getting 51 votes for legislation based on the House healthcare bill are less than 1 in 5.

The senator also put the chances that the House bill will meet Senate budgetary rules preventing a filibuster at less than 1 in 5, meaning portions of the legislation would have to be removed.

Lawmakers are keeping quiet about their concerns because they want to help Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), whose job they fear may be in jeopardy if the House fails again to approve an ObamaCare repeal bill.

“Paul Ryan is a talented and thoughtful legislator and leader. It’s important for him to succeed,” said one GOP senator.

So basically they're risking what they are for temporary stability. Who knew!

Further:

Cornyn said the House bill — if it passes — will have to be revised.

“I suspect the bill the House passes will be modified if for no other reason that the reconciliation rules would require it,” he said. “My goal would be if they pass a bill, which I hope they will, it will come over here and we’ll do our best work to cobble together 51 votes.”

Another GOP lawmakers said the House bill will have to be changed “a lot.”

Some senators argue the push in the House could set up the Senate for blame.

“All they care about is getting it out of the House so they can say that the Senate couldn’t pass healthcare reform,” said a second GOP senator who requested anonymity.

Still, this lawmaker said GOP senators are ready to help Ryan out even if it means they shoulder the blame for killing a bill that faces a steep climb to enactment.

“Paul Ryan is a talented and thoughtful legislato

As opposed to an alto or soprano.

maybe the senate GOP will find the upper bracket tax savings parsimonious, and rewrite the bill to cut them further? they can still 'reconcile' if they raise taxes on everyone else who doesn't have enough skin in the game

“Paul Ryan is a talented and thoughtful legislator and leader. It’s important for him to succeed,” said one GOP senator.

It's important to cheer for your kid when he crosses the finish line even if he's in last place but I didn't realize this was a justification for killing people. I wonder if this GOP senator has ever complained about participation trophies.

My Ohio people on Twitter now saying Joyce and Turner are solid "no" votes.

I wonder if this GOP senator has ever complained about participation trophies.

he received one for being on the Debate Team iirc

xp

As opposed to an alto or soprano.

or a castrato

there's still time for him to become a castrato

is that covered under the congressional health plan

no, but members of congress are exempt

Cry, the beloved Speaker

I've covered Paul Ryan for a while. Never seen him so anxious. Fidgeting in his seat; clasping hands, rolling neck, opening/shutting binder.

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) May 4, 2017

Let me know when he shits his pants and dies.

LBJ he is not

I've covered Paul Ryan for a while. Never seen him so anxious. Fidgeting in his seat; clasping hands, rolling neck, opening/shutting binder, snorting coke

I want the last paragraph in Ryan's biography to read, “Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east...”

Indeed.

Cases upon cases of beer just rolled into the Capitol on a cart covered in a sheet. Spotted Bud Light peeking out from the sheet

— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 4, 2017

Fidgeting in his seat; clasping hands, rolling neck, opening/shutting binder.... just went full Scanners

WTF who are the two Democrats who just voted for this?

they just changed their votes.

Back to zero.

aaaaand it's passed. good luck guys.

Roffle. Wonder what prompted this?

Amash a late yes.

— Richard Rubin (@RichardRubinDC) May 4, 2017

christ

this is gonna pass by one vote isn't it

it just did