1 hour ago, JaneAusten said:

Kasich didn't want them to vote for this and I am not sure as to the tally and how many Ohio house reps voted yes. But calling your rep still to voice disappointment and then calling your senators now is the next step. And if you can afford it, send a couple of dollars to anyone of these idiots who voted for this craven bill. I am honestly hoping the CBO score which was bad before is even worse. The WSJ had an article this morning that talked about how the GOP back=doored terms in the new bill allowing employer plans to also follow the same guidelines, so if people think having an employer plan will make them safe, good luck

 

I called Rep. Joyce this morning to let him know that even though I don't live in his district, I would be more than happy to drive in every week and work on his defeat in 2018. He voted no.

 

Portman is supposed to be in Cleveland tomorrow for a program on human trafficking. He's got to be crapping his pants right now. It's bad enough he'll be in Ohio but bright blue Cleveland? He'll probably have to drink his dinner just to get out of the car.

Edited May 4, 20178 yr by marceline

Here is a guide to some things we can do to help stop this atrocity.

 

 

http://www.indivisibleguide.com/stop-trumpcare/

 

Robert Reich posted this, which I find hopeful and didn't realize:

To become law, Trumpcare has to go through 4 additional steps:

1. Pass an amended version in the Senate
2. Go to “conference“ to hammer out differences between the House and Senate
3. Pass in the House again
4. Pass in the Senate again

Marceline mentioned Gov. Kasich, from my local news station

 

 

3 hours ago, marceline said:

This moment was brought to you by people who sat home, protest voted or like to say both parties are the same. 

we now break for station identification....

1 hour ago, Juliajms said:

Here is a guide to some things we can do to help stop this atrocity.

 

 

http://www.indivisibleguide.com/stop-trumpcare/

 

Robert Reich posted this, which I find hopeful and didn't realize:

To become law, Trumpcare has to go through 4 additional steps:

1. Pass an amended version in the Senate
2. Go to “conference“ to hammer out differences between the House and Senate
3. Pass in the House again
4. Pass in the Senate again

 

Yep. Now is a good time for us all to reacquaint ourselves with what it takes for a bill to become a law because Toupee Fiasco's cult is running around acting like Obamacare was repealed today.

 

 

Kasich is gearing up to run in 2020 isn't he? He's he only prominent GOPer that has stayed away from all of this and has been a cautious supporter of the ACA. I have no interest in seeing another ideologue in the white house(we have Pence there now).

 

Our Governor Rauner in Il a GOP idiot. He indirectly slammed all of the R's in Illinois who voted for this(Rauner is running for re-election in 2018) but he never make any kind of statement on this before the vote, knowing it would have likely ginned up more opposition to the new bill. He's a coward http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170504/NEWS03/170509917/house-passes-obamacare-repeal. He does this now so he can tell people he was against Trumpcare when election season comes.

19 minutes ago, marceline said:

 

Yep. Now is a good time for us all to reacquaint ourselves with what it takes for a bill to become a law because Toupee Fiasco's cult is running around acting like Obamacare was repealed today.

 

 

 

 

You will appreciate this just as you said earlier today

 

 

We thought we'd have to sue Trump today. But it turned out the order signing was an elaborate photo-op with no discernible policy outcome.

— ACLU National (@ACLU) May 4, 2017

1 minute ago, JaneAusten said:

Kasich is gearing up to run in 2020 isn't he? He's he only prominent GOPer that has stayed away from all of this and has been a cautious supporter of the ACA. I have no interest in seeing another ideologue in the white house(we have Pence there now).

 

He says he doesn't plan to but he said the same thing about 2016. Of course if he said he was planning to run in 2020, Kasich would basically be saying either that he wants to make Donnie a one term president. I think Kasich is just in wait-and-see mode because anything can happen over the next three years.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/04/what-trump-can-learn-from-kansas-tax-troubles-215103

Here's a little Trumpkin AHCA repeal humor:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-supporters-celebrate-imminent-loss-of-their-health-insurance?intcid=mod-latest

 

I still don't see why anyone voting in favor of that tax cut for the rich today would celebrate since they knew the senate wouldn't rubber stamp it.

38 minutes ago, Wales2004 said:

Here's a little Trumpkin AHCA repeal humor:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-supporters-celebrate-imminent-loss-of-their-health-insurance?intcid=mod-latest

 

I still don't see why anyone voting in favor of that tax cut for the rich today would celebrate since they knew the senate wouldn't rubber stamp it.

 

Oh, there's been a few Twitter posts from Trump supporters that make me think they're not up on government processes. One had a GIF of a tombstone with Obamacare's "death" dated today. Naturally, as a concerned citizen I had to inform them that was premature and it still needs to pass the Senate. Hee.

9 hours ago, Wales2004 said:

Here's a little Trumpkin AHCA repeal humor:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-supporters-celebrate-imminent-loss-of-their-health-insurance?intcid=mod-latest

 

I still don't see why anyone voting in favor of that tax cut for the rich today would celebrate since they knew the senate wouldn't rubber stamp it.

 

The GOP isn't running a government. They are producing a reality show.

 

 

Interesting take on how much people who earn more than $75,000 a year cost taxpayers (in subsidized healthcare, mortgaged subsidies, etc.)

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisladd/2017/03/13/unspeakable-realities-block-universal-health-coverage-in-the-us/amp/

I may have my issues with Sanders and I am not crazy about Chris Hayes constantly being in the tank for him(Maddow and O'Donnell actually have a variety of serving democrats on) but I have to agree with Sanders on this that this was not a healthcare bill but a huge tax cut. But I love the part at the end when they got Trump saying that the Australians have better healthcare. I hope they do use this quote from Trump. They should actually put it in ads and run it in areas Trump won

 

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-touts-australias-health-system-bernie-sanders-delight