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we had pre-Obamacare health care eight years ago
we have never had this level of incompetence, absenteeism, and apathy from the cabinet level upwards, not even under the last half-dozen GOP POTUSes (you could argue that some of them, like Dubya/Cheney, did worse by intentionally nominated asshats, and you'd probably end up being right, but I maintain my worries: this is genuinely unprecedented)

i'm sure grover norquist is willing to pitch in

capito and murkowski no so far

What would u like me to do about it tombot

did ted cruz just vote no?

this is not passing?

I had to look away from c-span, not sure whats going on

hatch, cruz, murkowski and capito voted no. and now rubio. and heller

Huh

i worry i am confused here

It's not the repeal vote

It's a motion by a democrat to send the bill back to a committee

I thought this was them voting on a specific change of procedure or something first? That's why the dems are all voting "aye" and the repubs "no," unless I missed something.

i am not sure this is _the_ vote tbqfh

:-(

ah word, it started getting weird with hatch and cruz. sorry all.

The repeal vote is next

Yeah this is a Dem move-to-committee vote

Example of complaints on the right about what's being voted on

http://theresurgent.com/skinny-repeal-does-not-repeal-and-is-not-responsible/

Again, quite obviously our perspectives here are rather different, but you get a sense about why it's so loathed all around.

Nearly every Republican on the floor looks distressed.

The exception?

McCain, Murkowski, Collins — standing together — have a laugh.

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 28, 2017

Every body language sign points to doom for McConnell, but again, this could change quick.

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 28, 2017

I hate Pence and his stupid horseradish head

Shakey: None of us can do much about it, I guess. I am just feeling overwhelmed with what I perceive as a lot of useless information about something that seems overly predetermined, as we say.

wow mccain just blew a kiss at schumer who caught it & put it in his pocket to save for later?? mcconnell is spinning in circles shrieking!!

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 28, 2017

lol

Hope the McCain murkowski Collins thing is right, though

Huh? I'm watching the stream and everything seems chill. Lotsa smiles all around ...

Graham talking to the Turtle.

we had pre-Obamacare health care eight years ago

yes, but it didn't immediately follow an Obamacare system and wasn't on the brink of a death spiral, crappy as it was. and 16 million people weren't at risk of losing coverage from one year to the next.

one of my close buddies is self-employed and is really anxious about this as the ACA (fuck calling it "Obamacare") got his family affordable coverage for the first time

body language pundit class saying the fact that pence is talking to mccain is a sign they don't have the votes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

looks like they're circle jerking in the middle

Idk all i see is a bunch of dorks standing around

Lol xp

looks like they're circle jerking in the middle

It's called a Cockus.

Trump supposedly said "I promise" to Murkowski.

WHAT DID YOU PROMISE???!!!

Lindsey Graham keeps pacing nervously like he's secretly cropdusting or something

It's no secret.

looking at the job of a Senator, I can't believe these fuckers want to hold onto their jobs so badly, this looks like the shittiest career imaginable

Pretty sure they get free admission to national parks, though.

Also a series of blowjobs iirc

Could soon be one of the few jobs left with guaranteed health insurance.

Why arent they voting already

Delay and repeal?

Low name recognition Senator is a pretty sweet job - lots of money, lots of perks, funnel stuff back to your cronies/home state.

Leadership positions is where it would suck.

Why arent they voting already

― Οὖτις, Friday, July 28, 2017 12:58 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

simplest explanation is they don't have the votes, but they think they might still be able to get them

Fewer of the drawbacks of the House, where your constituents expect you to help out when their Social Security gets fucked up or Junior wants a spot at West Point.

They're promising McCain an Iran invasion if he votes yes.

Pence has been working McCain for at least 15 minutes now. One on one. Republicans holding vote open for the VP.

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 28, 2017

Eh, for all we know they just had to reboot a router or something.

Yeah i cant really see mcconnell bringing it to a vote if he isnt assured a win

McCain negotiating for that brain transplant.

"Pence has been working McCain for 15 minutes now"

don't worry, he'll nut soon