Posted on 01/13/2017 12:46:38 PM PST by jazusamo
Nine Republicans balk at risky repeal-and-replace strategy
The House passed a 2017 budget Friday that lays the groundwork for dismantling Obamacare, brushing aside intra-GOP anxiety and defiant Democrats to launch the repeal-and-replace strategy staked out by President-elect Donald Trump.
Nine Republicans balked at the politically thorny plan the budget doesnt balance, and the party hasnt coalesced around a health bill of its own. But their defections werent nearly enough to tilt the 227-198 vote, which imposes a Jan. 27 deadline for crafting legislation that guts the Affordable Care Act.
The Unaffordable Care Act will soon be history! Mr. Trump posted on Twitter before the vote.
The Senate approved the plan early Thursday on a 51-48 vote that brought in support from all but one Republican in the chamber, clearing the way for an eventual repeal vote that cannot be filibustered by Democrats.
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They aren’t RINOs. These 9 do not want the debt limit to rise by 9 trillion before Trump is inaugurated. They want some spending cuts along with ending the “can’t afford Obamacare? Pay the jizyah” tax.
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