The House Rules Committee on Friday morning cleared the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, sending the legislation to the House floor for debate and a final vote.
The committee established that the House will have four hours to debate the American Health Care Act on the floor before taking a final vote. The committee agreed to a closed rule, which will prevent the House from considering any additional amendments to the legislation on the floor.
The rule passed by the committee also incorporated the latest changes to the bill, the manager’s amendments, into the legislation so that the House will vote on just one package, rather than on the original bill and separate amendments.
The Rules Committee’s final clearance tees up a Friday afternoon vote for the full House, but it is still unclear whether GOP leadership has whipped enough votes in its caucus to ensure the bill’s passage.
Bury the bastards in paper, folks.
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I’m sure every GOP’er is counting the days to the 2018 mid-terms, and hoping that their clueless followers will be stupid enough to forget the stupidity they will do today.
My guess would be that they’ll find a way to pass it in the House, simply because too much is at stake for Trump and Ryan. Never mind that the bill is horrible.
It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out in the Senate.
Points to a Breitbart article in which Bannon is said to be panning “Ryan bill - written by the insurance industry.”
Protecting Dear Leader.
It sure would be nice if some Democratic leaders would loudly promote an alternative to the Republican Health Kill plan, like single payer and medicare for all.
Being anti-Republican is necessary but not sufficient to win elections. Perhaps one day Democrats will learn that voters come out when they have something to vote for, as well as against.