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Title: Rep. Jim Jordan: Freedom Caucus ‘did country a favor” by keeping Obamacare
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The Washington Times
URL Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news ... epublican-freedom-caucus-did-/
Published: Mar 26, 2017
Author: S.A. Miller
Post Date: 2017-03-26 17:03:16 by Gatlin
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Views: 963
Comments: 7
Rep. Jim Jordan said Sunday that he and fellow House conservatives may have done America “a favor” by derailing the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. Mr. Jordan, a leading member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, insisted that his group had remained true to its values in bucking the bill supported by President Trump. “Maybe, by the fact we opposed it, we did the country a favor because this bill didn’t repeal Obamacare,” the Ohio Republican said on “Fox News Sunday.” “This bill didn’t do what we told the American people we were going to do.” The failure of the health care bill, which was pulled Friday before a scheduled vote in which it would have been defeated due to opposition from Mr. Jordan and other Republican lawmakers, delivered a major blow to Mr. Trump and his agenda. Mr. Trump worked tirelessly to negotiate a deal with conservatives. He agreed to last-minute changes that removed many of the “essential benefits” that mandated minimum coverage for all health policies. That change imperiled support by GOP moderates. The bill also contained several priorities for conservatives, including undertaking Medicaid reforms, eliminating individual and employer mandates, and ending federal funding for Planned Parenthood. In a tweet Sunday morning, Mr. Trump blamed opposition from the Freedom Caucus and outside conservative groups such as Club for Growth for handing a huge victory to Democrats. Mr. Jordan blamed Mr. Trump for not coming up with legislation that satisfied everyone. “It didn’t unite our party,” he said. Mr. Jordan said the bill was widely unpopular with Republicans, including moderates in the House and Senate, and polls showed it was supported by just 17 percent of Americans. Capitol Hill Democrats formed a united front against the effort to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment. “Instead of doing the blame game, let’s get to work. Let’s do the responsible thing. Let’s get back to work and do what we told the voters we were going to do,” Mr. Jordan said. 
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#1. To: All (#0)
Way to go, Jim Jordan….let Americans now live with Obamacare. You too, Rand Paul, for all the loud mouth verbal support you gave him and the Freedom Caucus….going over to the FC meetings with a copy of The Art of the Deal in hand to give each member.
More bull shit and bull shit to counter the bull shit dominated by incompetence and indifference. The American people lost.
ABSOLUTELY ...
ABSOLUTELY ... But one more gopplehead gets five minutes of fame discussing the great victory.
ABSOLUTELY ... But one more gopplehead gets five minutes of fame discussing the great victory. Isometimes think....that is all they seek, and it is of the utmpost importance to them. Assholes ...
Because those changed were actually a repeal of 0dingaCare. And the precious So Ryan wrote a bill that favored the liberal Republicans in Blue States. Then tried to ram it through and then Ryan and Trump screamed murder when the Freedom Caucus refused to, in effect, re-affirm 0dingaCare and make it a permanent feature of American law. Republicans from the northeast and west coast are the most precious Republicans of all. At least according to House leadership.
Who Owns Obamacare Now?
Rep. Jim Jordan: Freedom Caucus ‘did country a favor” by keeping Obamacare
#2. To: Gatlin (#0)
#3. To: rlk (#2)
The American people lost.
#4. To: Gatlin (#3)
The American people lost.
#5. To: rlk (#4)
The American people lost.
#6. To: Gatlin (#0)
Mr. Trump worked tirelessly to negotiate a deal with conservatives. He agreed to last-minute changes that removed many of the “essential benefits” that mandated minimum coverage for all health policies. That change imperiled support by GOP moderates.
GOP moderates liberal Blue state Republicans can never be asked to give up anything.
#7. To: Tooconservative (#6)
Mark Meadows and the so-called Freedom Caucus.
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