Trumpcare Megathread: It's dead (for now)

[ProudModerate2]

Can someone please post here when the voting starts (or is about to start) for the "skinny" bill.
Thank you.

No one knows when it will start. Follow https://twitter.com/senategopfloor for the latest.

9:30 PM

OK. Thank you.

[The Other Castro]

Um, Ok.

Burgess Everett‏ @burgessev
Capito and Murkowski telling my colleagues @seungminkim @jenhab they've decided on skinny repeal ... but won't say how they will vote.

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/890742758805254144

[Don Vito Corleone]

Can someone please post here when the voting starts (or is about to start) for the "skinny" bill.
Thank you.

9:30 PM

Is that vote a Motion to proceed or an actual bill? And if it's a bill, do we (and more importantly, do the people doing the voting) know what is being voted on.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Um, Ok.

Burgess Everett‏ @burgessev
Capito and Murkowski telling my colleagues @seungminkim @jenhab they've decided on skinny repeal ... but won't say how they will vote.

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/890742758805254144

It passes

[BudgieForce]

The statement Capito made earlier leads me to believe shes a no but thats my probably wrong guess.

[OkThen]

Um, Ok.

Burgess Everett‏ @burgessev
Capito and Murkowski telling my colleagues @seungminkim @jenhab they've decided on skinny repeal ... but won't say how they will vote.

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/890742758805254144

It passes

Perhaps but I'm not sure what in in recent days could have moved Murkowski from a no on MTP to a yes on this...

[BudgieForce]

The statement Capito made earlier leads me to believe shes a no but thats my probably wrong guess.

Why would she vote no? It's not like she has to worry about reelection lol

Because McConnell's gambit is either going to force moderates to vote for cutting Medicaid or let Ryan pass Skinny repeal with no revisions. I hope Murkowski and Capito figured that out.

[The Other Castro]

Paul McLeod‏ @pdmcleod
Senators Johnson, Graham and Cruz just raced into the whip's office. Didn't answer questions about the Paul Ryan statement.

Big news! In the office they had a conference call with Paul Ryan who promised not to pass skinny repeal. They seem to be all yes votes now

This looks like it may be the breakthrough that passes skinny repeal

Lindsey Graham: Paul Ryan assured us "under no circumstances they believe skinny repeal is good policy or good politics."

Graham: "there's no appetite in the House to see the skinny bill replace Obamacare." Says he is a yes on skinny bill to get to conference .

Graham: Ryan didn't promise it won't pass ever but "why would we want to own a bill that increases premiums and doesn't fix the problems?"

So Johnson is now a yes. Graham is now a yes. Cassidy is a yes. Only one from group of four earlier we don't know about is McCain.

https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/890748111500587008

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Quick, pass this bill that we don't know the implications of before McCain has to go back to the hospital.

[Yank2133]

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Christ, Lindsey!

This has to be one of the dumbest statements I have ever heard from a US politician. When the house passes the skinny repeal in a week, they are going to hang this quote around your neck.

[The Other Castro]

Lauren Gambino @laurenegambino
Graham says that McCain is upset by the process. "Whatever he does, he's earned the right to do it."

[Yank2133]

Lauren Gambino @laurenegambino
Graham says that McCain is upset by the process. "Whatever he does, he's earned the right to do it."

Watch him vote yes.

[Person Man]

Paul McLeod‏ @pdmcleod
Senators Johnson, Graham and Cruz just raced into the whip's office. Didn't answer questions about the Paul Ryan statement.

Big news! In the office they had a conference call with Paul Ryan who promised not to pass skinny repeal. They seem to be all yes votes now

This looks like it may be the breakthrough that passes skinny repeal

Lindsey Graham: Paul Ryan assured us "under no circumstances they believe skinny repeal is good policy or good politics."

Graham: "there's no appetite in the House to see the skinny bill replace Obamacare." Says he is a yes on skinny bill to get to conference .

Graham: Ryan didn't promise it won't pass ever but "why would we want to own a bill that increases premiums and doesn't fix the problems?"

So Johnson is now a yes. Graham is now a yes. Cassidy is a yes. Only one from group of four earlier we don't know about is McCain.

https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/890748111500587008

Weren't they already yes a few hours ago?

[The Other Castro]

They were conditional yeses, and those conditions have been met according to their criteria.

[Brittain33]

I love "Strange Amendment"

[7,052,770]

So are Murkowski and capito voting the same way? Or they've just each made up their minds?

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

ALERT: The Heller Amendment (Cadillac Tax) has been adopted, 52-48.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Question: On the Motion (Schumer Motion to Commit H.R. 1628 with Instructions )

YEAs ---43
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
Cortez Masto (D-NV)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Harris (D-CA)
Hassan (D-NH)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Hirono (D-HI)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Leahy (D-VT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-NM)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---57
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Capito (R-WV)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)
Gardner (R-CO)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lankford (R-OK)
Lee (R-UT)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Paul (R-KY)
Perdue (R-GA)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Shelby (R-AL)
Strange (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Thune (R-SD)
Tillis (R-NC)
Toomey (R-PA)
Warner (D-VA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Young (R-IN)

[Santander]

Paul Ryan playing "just the tip" with GOP Senators. What cucks.

[The Other Castro]

The skinny repeal bill text is now public: "The Health Care Freedom Act"



https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/890753039505731585


https://www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HealthCareFreedomAct.pdf

[BudgieForce]

Community health centers = defund planned parenthood?

[Yank2133]

They are so full of sh**t on the employer mandate.

ACA didn't negatively impact job creation at all, in fact it had the opposite effect.

[The Other Castro]

Burgess Everett @burgessev
This bill was not designed for Collins and Murkowski, so GOP looking for everyone that voted to open debate to support the skinny bill.

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/890755412030615552


This may all come down to McCain.

[Person Man]

Burgess Everett @burgessev
This bill was not designed for Collins and Murkowski, so GOP looking for everyone that voted to open debate to support the skinny bill.

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/890755412030615552


This may all come down to McCain.

Isn't Heller and Capito undecided?

[Devout Centrist]

Burgess Everett @burgessev
This bill was not designed for Collins and Murkowski, so GOP looking for everyone that voted to open debate to support the skinny bill.

https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/890755412030615552


This may all come down to McCain.

Isn't Heller and Capito undecided?

Heller is a yes, Capito is decided. We don't know her decision.