All you say is true.
Yet Congress has shirked its constitutional responsibilities for decades (i.e. CR’s vs passing a budget.) My comment was mainly to say if they are going to act like children, then they should be treated as such.
The Trump tide is still rolling, and picked up some momentum yesterday with several news items. The 5 senators who are holding out, and rightly so, for a better bill, and the President, should be telling the others, that like the House bill, they are going to get a big fat goose egg if they don’t listen to the PEOPLE who elected them. And Trump can and should make it clear that there will be campaign support consequences for failure to realize that.
As to the bill itself, I would have preferred simply repeal in a single step. But I also get that the impending O-care collapse is creating situations across the country where people like you and me cant find insurance options anymore. That needs to be addressed in a way that keeps Fed govt hands off the industry, and encourages competition. I don’t think there is a perfect one step answer at this point, so I am willing to tolerate a big step in the right direction. I don’t think this bill is it yet, but if the hold outs and Trump negotiate with the GPOe, we might get an 80% solution that can be tweaked in a year.
I don’t know or like all the politics. That’s just my opinion at this moment in time.
You are right that Congress has shirked its Constitutional duties for decades. So have the Executive and Judicial branches. The former by being complicit in growing the executive behemoth instead of pushing the legislative to do its proper constitutional job. And the Judicial by increasingly becoming political and legislating from the bench. Congress has willingly ceded its power and proper role to not only the other two branches, but to lobbyists, staffers, and assorted monied power brokers. The situation is disgusting.
(Since the Constitution was mentioned)
Article 2, Section 3 gives the President express authority to convene the Congress.
Not saying it would be a good idea in this case.