Obamacare repeal-only bill fails in the Senate

  Yesterday, by a razor-thin margin with Mike Pence breaking the stalemate, the Senate voted to advance Obamacare repeal and replace legislation. This opened up the bill for debate and amendments. The first amendment brought to the table was to repeal Obamacare over a two year period without replacement legislation in place. In theory this would give Washington time to introduce a replacement but we all know how Washington works…

    Repeal without replacement failed today.

  Personally, and I am by no means an expert on this subject, I think that if Obamacare is going to be repealed there must be a replacement bill in place that can be debated and as I understand it that is what is now going to take place. I believe that without a replacement bill in place it would lead to market uncertainty.

  Having said that I must call out the hypocrisy of some of the Republican members of the Senate who in 2015 voted and approved a repeal only bill with the same exact wording and sent it to Barack Obama’s desk.

  Susan Collins is an exception, she voted against the amendment today and she voted against the bill in 2015, at least she is being consistent. The others, with the exception of a couple of Republican Senators who were not there in 2015, not so much…

  It is obvious now that back in 2015 these Republicans voted for repeal because they knew Barack Obama would veto it. It was good politics for them at that time and they took advantage of it, promising to repeal Obamacare while running for reelection. But when push came to shove and they actually had the chance to make good on something they have been promising for SEVEN YEARS they wavered because they actually had no intention of repealing the bill in the first place, they were simply playing a political game known as the Hegelian Dialectic.

  What a band of frauds, liars, and hypocrites!

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