As we told you earlier, the Senate health-care bill died last night after Senators Lee and Moran signaled their opposition to the legislation moving forward for a vote. According to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump, the next step is for the Senate to vote on a repeal of Obamacare with the idea that a new bill will be created after the fact:
My statement on an upcoming vote to repeal #Obamacare pic.twitter.com/RdyDiUJfMD
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) July 18, 2017
And here’s former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer explaining why that’s a lie (in summary, the Senate plan repeals Obamacare’s spending but not Obamacare’s rules):
https://twitter.com/DBloom451/status/887300121876205569
In other words, since the GOP can’t really repeal Obamacare without also repealing the filibuster, we need a bigger majority:
2009: We'll undo it if we win the House
2013: …if we win the Senate
2015: …if we win the POTUS
2017: …if we grow our majority— Razor (@hale_razor) July 18, 2017
Good luck with that.
Related:
Ben Shapiro truth bombs GOP with the REAL reason Obamacare replacement just failed https://t.co/lF1NhyMqeO
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2017
Sens. Lee and Moran pull support of BCRA, killing current version of health care bill https://t.co/s1oMBmFD90
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2017
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