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The failure of the bill is an acutely embarrassing setback for Republicans, who for seven years made the repeal of the Affordable Care Act central to their campaigns and took dozens of symbolic anti-Obamacare votes while never coalescing around a singular, viable alternative plan. The absence of agreement among Republicans over how Obamacare should be replaced – or even on the basic questions of health care policy – grew even more evident after President Trump’s election, when repeal became possible.
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) admitted as much as he left the meeting Friday. Reporters asked why, after Republicans held dozens of nearly-unanimous votes to repeal Obamacare under President Obama, they were getting cold feet now that they control the levers of power.
“Sometimes you’re playing Fantasy Football and sometimes you’re in the real game,” he said. “We knew the president, if we could get a repeal bill to his desk, would almost certainly veto it. This time we knew if it got to the president’s desk it would be signed.”
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‘The Bill Is Over’: House GOP Pulls Health Care Bill Before Sure Defeat
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The failure of the bill is an acutely embarrassing setback for Republicans, who for seven years made the repeal of the Affordable Care Act central to their campaigns and took dozens of symbolic anti-Obamacare votes while never coalescing around a singular, viable alternative plan. The absence of agreement among Republicans over how Obamacare should be replaced – or even on the basic questions of health care policy – grew even more evident after President Trump’s election, when repeal became possible.
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) admitted as much as he left the meeting Friday. Reporters asked why, after Republicans held dozens of nearly-unanimous votes to repeal Obamacare under President Obama, they were getting cold feet now that they control the levers of power.
“Sometimes you’re playing Fantasy Football and sometimes you’re in the real game,” he said. “We knew the president, if we could get a repeal bill to his desk, would almost certainly veto it. This time we knew if it got to the president’s desk it would be signed.”
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‘The Bill Is Over’: House GOP Pulls Health Care Bill Before Sure Defeat
A gaffe is when they accidentally tell the truth.
(via wilwheaton)
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