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To: Alberta's Child
That was the only way they could deal with the mandate without 60 votes in the Senate.

Or with 51 votes they could just nuke the Senate cloture rule, then repeal Obamacare, followed by confirming every single Trump appointee with no further debate.

16 posted on 02/19/2018 11:28:34 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: PapaBear3625
Or with 51 votes they could just nuke the Senate cloture rule, then repeal Obamacare ...

The dirty little secret is that the GOP doesn't even have 50 votes to repeal Obamacare.

17 posted on 02/19/2018 11:42:33 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Go ahead, bite the Big Apple ... don't mind the maggots.")
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