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Title: Rand Paul takes victory lap on GOP health bill
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The Hill
URL Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-acti ... victory-lap-on-gop-health-bill
Published: Mar 24, 2017
Author: Jordain Carney
Post Date: 2017-03-24 17:52:19 by Hondo68
Keywords: I look forward to passing, full repeal of ObamaCare, in the very near future
Views: 693
Comments: 11
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) quickly declared victory on Friday, praising conservatives for "standing up against ObamaCare Lite." “I applaud House conservatives for keeping their word to the American people,” Paul said in a statement. Republican leaders pulled their bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare on Friday afternoon, acknowledging that it was headed toward defeat. Paul — who has been a top antagonist of the House bill — added that "I look forward to passing full repeal of ObamaCare in the very near future.” Paul and other House conservatives have offered an alternative repeal bill that mirrors 2015 legislation cleared by Congress but vetoed by then-President Barack Obama . The bill would effectively separate repeal and replace into two separate pieces of legislation, a move that would likely draw pushback from a coalition of moderate lawmakers. GOP lawmakers haven't signaled that they are preparing to take up another healthcare bill, instead telling reporters that they didn't have a plan B. "I have no idea because we have not discussed a plan B," Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) told reporters. Senate leadership also signaled this week that they weren't preparing a backup plan if the House couldn't pass its repeal and replace bill. "I'm not aware of any backup plan," Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the Senate's No. 2 Republican, told The Hill. "I think our plan B is the same as our plan A." The Senate will focus on Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination ahead of a two-week recess, and lawmakers are expected to focus on avoiding a government shutdown once they return. President Trump told The Washington Post on Friday afternoon that he is moving on from healthcare after the House GOP pulled its bill. 
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Trump can always form a coalition with the Democrats and moderate Republicans to pass an Obamacare fix. If the Democrats didn't hate Trump so much.
The big question now is, who will the public blame for their rising premiums and lousy coverage? Trump? Ryan? Rand Paul? The Freedom Caucus? Or the Democrats?
I'm sure His Donaldness will be calling with his congratulations. Rand isn't up for re-election until 2022. : )
Yep. And I'm guessing that had a lot to do with his opposition. I look forward to seeing his replacement bill.
It was and is unlikely that any 0care repeal/replace or even a fix-it bill will originate in the Senate.
S.222 - Obamacare Replacement Act - Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (Introduced 01/24/2017) www.congress.gov/bill/115...%22%3A[%22S.+222%22]}&r=1 Enjoy! Four page fact sheet.... https://www.paul.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/ObamacareReplacementActSections.pdf I knew of it. Yet that bill was dead on arrival in the Senate, as you probably know. It never had any real support in the Senate. However, the Senate wasn't any better prepared to modify the House's bill than the House was to create one to begin with. The public thinks this repeal/replace was greatly rushed (60%). I think that is pretty accurate. Think of how long it took the Dems to pass it and it still barely squeaked past with parliamentary skullduggery.
Well, they've had 6 years, but they haven’t really thought beyond pointing fingers and playing drama queens, until the past couple of weeks. They did have fun though, riling up the Trumpkin sheeple rubes. But when the rubber hit the road, they had nothing. All show, and no go! Yep, this was a BIG WIN for Rand Paul in the Senate and the Freedom Caucus in the House. What “The Donald” prometh they taketh away …
Translation: Give me what my personal Molech demands or I shall call doom upon thy head.
You'd vote for her if your Senator Juan ISIS McCrazy was her running mate!
#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
#3. To: hondo68 (#0)
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) quickly declared victory on Friday, praising conservatives for "standing up against ObamaCare Lite."
#4. To: Tooconservative (#3)
"Rand isn't up for re-election until 2022."
#5. To: misterwhite (#4)
Yep. And I'm guessing that had a lot to do with his opposition. I look forward to seeing his replacement bill.
#6. To: misterwhite, Tooconservative (#4)
(Edited)
I look forward to seeing his replacement bill.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#7. To: hondo68 (#6)
S.222 - Obamacare Replacement Act - Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (Introduced 01/24/2017)
#8. To: Tooconservative, the dog ate my homework (#7)
The public thinks this repeal/replace was greatly rushed (60%). I think that is pretty accurate
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#9. To: All (#0)
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) quickly declared victory on Friday, praising conservatives for "standing up against ObamaCare Lite."
with the Dims in control of the Senate and the House? 
“You people wanted the Republicans, now you got the Republicans….
a bunch of prima donnas who only talk and fight with each other.”
#10. To: Gatlin (#9)
How does “President Pocahontas” sound to everyone in 2021…. with the Dims in control of the Senate and the House?
#11. To: Gatlin (#9)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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