Tuesday, 13 June 2017
quote [ Senate Republicans are working to finish their draft health care bill, but have no plans to publicly release it, according to two senior Senate GOP aides.
"We aren't stupid," said one of the aides. One issue is that Senate Republicans plan to keep talking about it after the draft is done: "We are still in discussions about what will be in the final product so it is premature to release any draft absent further member conversations and consensus." ] So-called moderate Senate republicans have already folded on the Medicaid cuts in the A.H.C.A. Get ready for some fine 40-grit sandpaper lube.
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sanepride said[1] @ 7:54pm GMT on 13th Jun
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A related development:
Television reporters told to stop filming in Senate hallways, prompting outcry UPDATE: Senate ban on TV reporters has been rescinded. From the updated version of the article posted here: Television reporters covering the Capitol were told midday Tuesday to stop filming interviews in Senate hallways, a dramatic and unexplained break with tradition that was soon reversed amid wide rebuke from journalists, Democratic lawmakers and advocacy organizations. |
knumbknutz said @ 8:16pm GMT on 13th Jun
[Score:1 Underrated]
That one should be it's own post methinks
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Fish said @ 11:48pm GMT on 14th Jun
"amid wide rebuke from journalists, Democratic lawmakers and advocacy organizations."
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mechanical contrivance said @ 1:18pm GMT on 15th Jun
There aren't too many commas in that sentence.
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ComposerNate said @ 7:33pm GMT on 13th Jun
All of this will be for nothing when the Democrats take back control or we all burn.
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ComposerNate said @ 8:05pm GMT on 13th Jun
I had decided Trump would start a war when his approval hit 37%. It's now dropped to 38.1% averaged.
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hellboy said @ 9:11pm GMT on 13th Jun
He just set a record for the fastest time to hit 60% disapproval per Gallup: 143 days, vs 1758 for Dubya and 1736 for Nixon.
Reagan, Clinton, and Obama were never so unpopular. |
Fish said @ 11:49pm GMT on 14th Jun
[Score:-1 Boring]
filtered comment under your threshold |
satanspenis666 said[1] @ 9:16pm GMT on 13th Jun
Meet the GOP senator who wants to bridge the Obamacare divide
Luckily, there are three GOP senators that oppose a basic repeal. |