The Senate on Thursday passed legislation repealing the
core pillars of ObamaCare, taking a major step toward sending such a bill to
the president’s desk for the first time.
Republicans hailed it as a political messaging victory...
* AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE PROBLEM, FOLKS; IT'S AS
PHONY A SCAM AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. THE TEST IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE READY AND
WILLING TO INSIST ON THE ACTUAL SPENDING CUTS. (WHICH I DOUBT THEY WILL BE...)
The measure guts the law by repealing authority for the
federal government to run healthcare exchanges, and scrapping subsidies to help
people afford plans bought through those exchanges. It zeros out the penalties
on individuals who do not buy insurance and employers who do not offer health
insurance.
* THE BILL WILL BE VETOED. AND THEN IT'LL BE UP TO THE
REPUBLICANS TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP IN THE SENSE OF REFUSING TO FUND OBAMACARE
OR... KNUCKLING UNDER... AGAIN... AS THEY ALWAYS DO.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mark Kirk
(R-Ill.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), balked at it for including language
defunding Planned Parenthood.
* PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHOULD LOSE THEIR FEDERAL TAXPAYER
SUBSIDIES... BUT... THIS SHOULD BE DONE VIA A STAND-ALONE BILL.
Cruz and Rubio signaled to GOP leaders earlier in the
week that they would vote for the package but Cruz held out, keeping his
colleagues guessing.
The GOP leadership braced itself for the possibility that
Cruz might attempt to force the Senate to vote on a one-sentence provision
repealing the entire bill, which the Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth
MacDonough had ruled out of order.
Cruz could have attempted to overturn the ruling of the
presiding chair, who almost always follows the advice of the parliamentarian,
with a simple-majority vote. But he decided not to, a pragmatic move since he
colleagues were unlikely to back him.
* SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT CRUZ, FOLKS? HE MAY NOT BE
PERFECT... BUT HE'S PRETTY DAMN GOOD!
(*WINK*)
Collins and Kirk voted against the repeal package...
* WITH "REPUBLICANS" LIKE COLLINS AND KIRK WE
DON'T NEED DEMOCRATS!
(*SPITTING ON THE GROUND*)
Democrats sought to score political points by offering an
amendment sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to bar suspected
terrorists from buying guns. It failed by a vote of 45-54.
* SO... 45 SCUMBAGS VOTED TO OVERTURN THE DOCTRINE OF
"INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY" AND TO REINSTATE THE RULE OF ARBITRARY
PRIOR RESTRAINT. NICE. REAL FRIGGIN' NICE...
(*SPITTING ON THE GROUND AGAIN*)
An amendment sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), another
presidential candidate, to loosen restrictions on concealed weapons permits
fell six votes short of the 60 it needed as a non-germane proposal.
* SOMETIMES I JUST WANNA BEAT RAND PAUL WITH A BASEBALL
BAT...
* WTF DOES A CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT HAVE TO DO WITH
OBAMACARE?! STOP USING YOUR POSITION TO ADVANCE YOUR CAMPAIGN, ASSHAT!
Senators passed by a vote of 90-10 an amendment sponsored
by Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) to repeal the "Cadillac tax" on
expensive health plans. The provision was included in the House bill but had to
be sunset to pass parliamentary muster in the upper chamber. Heller’s amendment
removed the time-limiting language.
* HERE'S WHAT I PREDICT WILL HAPPEN, FOLKS: DEMPUBLICANS
AND REPUBLICRATS WILL GET TOGETHER TO "LOWER TAXES" WHILE KEEPING
SPENDING AT THE SAME LEVEL... OR PERHAPS EVEN INCREASING SPENDING. IN ANY CASE,
THE GAP BETWEEN INCOME AND OUTFLOW FOR OBAMACARE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. THAT'S
MY CYNICAL PREDICTION.
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