After Meeting With Trump, Jordan Still Not On Board With Health Plan

UNITED STATES - JULY 16: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during the Republican Study Committee news conference to "call on the House and Senate to support the First Amendment Defense Act" on Thursday, July 16, 2015. ... UNITED STATES - JULY 16: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during the Republican Study Committee news conference to "call on the House and Senate to support the First Amendment Defense Act" on Thursday, July 16, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, met with President Donald Trump on Thursday, but the congressman said that he is still not happy with the bill introduced by House leadership to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

“Right now, there’s big concerns, and I don’t think there’s the votes for this legislation,” Jordan told CNN.

Jordan said he had a “good meeting” with Trump, but indicated that the discussion was not enough to convince him to back the current bill. Jordan said that members are hopeful they will be able to improve the bill pushed by Republican leadership, lamenting that the legislation keeps some aspects of Obamacare.

“We want to help the President do what we told the voters we were going to do, what we all told the voters we were going to do. And we told them we were going to repeal Obamacare,” he said.

“Let’s do the right thing. Let’s put together the right kind of legislation that accomplishes what we all told the voters we were going to do,” Jordan later added.

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  1. Paging Pres. Bannon, paging Pres. Bannon we’ve got a rogue one here! What are you going to do about the rogue Congressmen?

  2. Just because Jim Jordan is not on board with Donnie Dirtbag, let’s not pretend he’s a principled guy. The man is another potted plant in Congress that is part of the Know-nothing Do-nothing Dumber than Dirt Caucus.

    He has spent his entire time so far saying “No” to just about anything having to do with women’s reproductive rights and helped lead the charge in the House in advocating for the government shutdown of 2013. In the end, that shutdown only had the affect of hurting hard working public servants and the overall economy…It did nothing to accomplish his goal of forcing changes to the PPACA, which he wanted changed. He’s a purist and an ideologue so fuck both of them.

    Its time to move onto my second cup of coffee…because something tells me like every other day these morons are in charge, the day is only going to provide more bad news. I need fortification…and since its Friday, Donnie Dumbshit will be heading for a new meltdown at some point today or tomorrow, or as soon as the sun goes down.

  3. The Republican party has a Major Kong problem.

  4. So this creep wants his Ohio constituents to lose their health care benefits altogether overnight?!

    Hope he gets voted out in 2018! Certainly, Jordan’s voters are now benefiting ACA and Medicare too will see he is truly their enemy!

  5. Grossly
    Overpaid
    Psychopaths.

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