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KuhlooKuhlay 36 points ago +42 / -6

"All the RINOs" is an overstatement. It was Senator John McCain who torpedoed the repeal. His vote alone tanked it the repeal and replace bill.

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Anaconda 38 points ago +39 / -1

No. It was all of them. The bill the House passed but No Name gave the thumbs down to did not repeal all of Obamacare like what OP is talking about.

GOP H and S both passed full repeal bills 10 times in 2015-16 yet never even voted on that same bill from 2017-18 because they really do love obamacare too.

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giantrabbit1 7 points ago +7 / -0

Pretty sure you can't do full repeal through Budget Recon.

You need 60 votes to do full repeal as it is subject to filibuster, just like the passage of the original bill was. Since they only had 51R back in 2017 iirc, they did one Reconciliation bill on 0bamacare skinny repeal (FY 17) which failed, and then the second one for Tax Cuts (FY 18) which passed.

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BoughtByBloomberg2 4 points ago +4 / -0

Whist RINOS can eat shit what people keep forgetting is the 60 vote rule on this garbage. Without 60 votes nothing happens.

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KuhlooKuhlay 3 points ago +3 / -0

The so-called "skinny repeal" vs. full repeal argument. I'll leave that powerhouse discussion to you winners to discuss. It certainly seemed to work out well the whole "let's wait until we have a full repeal" idea.

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SpookySpook 14 points ago +14 / -0

He was the fall guy, just like the Boyer dude in AZ

They try to pretend they care and are only a vote away from giving you what you want. Keep donating though, we'll get them next time

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KuhlooKuhlay 1 point ago +3 / -2

Some care, some don't. I'm not saying the failure falls solely on McCain. I'm saying it was a mixed bag and if you want to blame one person specifically, John McCain is your guy. He could've voted for the skinny repeal but he didn't and he grandstanded about it as well. So I'm blaming the guy who fumbles at the goal line even if yes it shouldn't technically have been that close.

I donate to candidates I believe in and its a short list. Zero of them are RINOs or have really done anything against the agenda such as the McCains, Romneys, Flakes and Kinzingers of the world. How are you helping out exactly?