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Displaying all articles tagged:
Skinny Repeal
Aug. 18, 2017
Scheme to Get Republicans a 53rd Senate Seat Collapses As Manchin Stays Put
A rumored game of musical chairs had Perry going to DHS, Manchin to Energy, and a West Virginia Republican to the Senate. But in the end nobody moved.
By
Ed Kilgore
last night on late night
Aug. 1, 2017
Al Franken Tells Colbert About That Time McCain Voted ‘No’ on ‘Skinny Repeal’
Senator Franken suspected it might happen when he noticed a certain vice-president missing.
By
Tolly Wright
Aug. 1, 2017
Heller’s Hamlet Act on Health Care Bombing Back Home
For a long time Dean Heller looked likely to thwart his party’s drive for health-care legislation. Then he flipped back, but the GOP failed anyway.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 28, 2017
What If McCain Had Said ‘Yes’ to the ‘Skinny Repeal’?
If the climactic vote on the “skinny repeal” had gone the other way, the result would have probably been the same: GOP failure, with much time lost.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 28, 2017
Is Kasich Preparing a Primary Challenge to Trump in 2020?
Kasich has never bent the knee to Trump. But viable primary challengers to sitting presidents come from the fever swamps, not the sensible center.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 28, 2017
It’s an Abomination That 49 GOP Senators Voted for ‘Skinny Repeal’
Republicans came within one vote of passing a health-care bill that they wrote over lunch — and admitted was a “disaster.” That’s a national crisis.
By
Eric Levitz
July 28, 2017
GOP Health-Care Drive Ends Not With a Bang But a Whimper
Republicans couldn’t come up with a workable health-care plan, so they kept kicking the can down the road. The road finally ended in the Senate today.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 27, 2017
Senate Poised to Pass ‘Skinny Repeal’ Bill That May Become Law
It does away with the individual mandate and defunds Planned Parenthood.
By
Benjamin Hart
July 27, 2017
Maybe There’s No Light at the End the Tunnel for the GOP Health Bill After All
All the tactical brilliance that has kept unpopular and divisive GOP health care legislation alive disguises a fatal strategic blindness.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 27, 2017
Conservatives Just Lost Their Favorite Part of Trumpcare
The Senate parliamentarian ruled that the GOP can’t roll back Obamacare’s regulations without 60 votes. That makes “skinny repeal” more dangerous.
By
Eric Levitz
July 27, 2017
Keeping the ‘Skinny Repeal’ Bill From Getting Fat Won’t Be Easy for GOP
The point of “skinny repeal” of Obamacare is to enact a bare-bones bill to shape in committee. Bulking up could be fatal.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 26, 2017
Senate Democrats Call BS on the GOP’s Devious Health-Care Debate
Knowing McConnell plans to unveil a new health-care bill at the 11th hour, Schumer won’t push amendments to legislation the GOP has already abandoned.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 25, 2017
A Look at the Procedural Madness of the Senate Health-Care Debate
The process is arcane; the outcome, unpredictable.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 25, 2017
‘Skinny Repeal’ Could Be Final Effort to Sell Trumpcare — Whatever Trumpcare Is
The GOP figures out new ways to delay making painful decisions about health-care policy.
By
Ed Kilgore