If victorious, Republicans will be having a big press conference at the beautiful Rose Garden of the White House immediately after vote!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2017
They are rolling cases of beer into Capitol and coming to the White House afterwards for a celebration. Kind of remarkable. So far to go.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 4, 2017
Well, there you have it:
Final tally: 217-213. 20 Republicans vote NO. The bill passes! https://t.co/ExlWZTrGLf
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) May 4, 2017
House votes 217-213 passing bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare. pic.twitter.com/i4MKBvbAIU
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 4, 2017
To replace it with … a cluster of a health care bill.
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/860197207231934464
Way to go, House GOP. Or, rather, most of the House GOP.
Republicans who voted "no" pic.twitter.com/7EYXGLFgdE
— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) May 4, 2017
Conservatives may not be happy about this, but at least House Democrats seem to have found a silver lining. After the AHCA vote finished, Democrats reportedly burst into song:
Loud singing of "na Nan a na hey hey hey goodbye" in the house chamber. Seems like it came from Dems
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 4, 2017
As AHCA crosses the 216 magic number, House Dems on the floor sing "na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye."
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 4, 2017
Nice to see they’re still committed to “going high” or whatever.
How mature of them. https://t.co/03933N9Rt1
— Teri Peters (@hipEchik) May 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/860197402820653056
Well, congratulations to them.
Why are Democrats singing that? I am confused… none of this makes any sense. https://t.co/cLMuTCpRc5
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) May 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/860196932374978560
We’ll see. Conservatives who are pissed at the GOP may indeed punish the party in 2018. But on the other hand, the Dems have been on quite the losing streak lately, so they may be singing at their own funeral.
In any event, Sweet Meteor Of Death, if you’re out there, now would be a pretty good time to pay a visit. Unless the Senate kills this thing first …
get to work @SenateMajLdr @LindseyGrahamSC @SenateGOP
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) May 4, 2017
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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Update:
My statement on the House passing an #Obamacare repeal and replacement bill. pic.twitter.com/IuVg0UyuNJ
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) May 4, 2017
Oh.
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Update:
Re: those beers at the Capitol:
Here are the beers. Asked if they were going to a GOP conference meeting & he said "no, different meeting," no further details pic.twitter.com/ugS8oW4kGj
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 4, 2017
So we’ve at least got that cleared up. Sort of.
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