Tag: Trumpcare
Dent Won’t Support Trumpcare Retry
“Based on what I’ve read, it does not change my position. I was a no, and I remain a no.”
— Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), leader of the centrist Tuesday Group, told the Washington Examiner that he still opposes the House Republican healthcare repeal bill, saying that a proposed compromise does not address his key concerns.
Americans Want Trump to Fix Obamacare
79%
A new ABC News-Washington Post poll finds just 37% of Americans say Obamacare should be repealed and replaced; 61% say it should be kept and fixed instead. Even more broadly, the public by 79% to 13% says Trump should seek to make the current law work as well as possible, not to make it fail as soon as possible, a strategy he’s suggested.
Just a Third Say GOP Should Try Again on Trumpcare
36%
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that just 36% of American voters say Republicans in Congress should try again to repeal and replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act, while 60% say the Republicans should “move on.” “Voters disapprove by 65% to 29% of the way President Trump is handling health care and say by 54% to 22% that he is handling health care worse than former President Obama. Another 19% say he is handling it about the same as President Obama.”
Amash Wants a Healthcare Do-Over
“Let’s start over in a bipartisan way… We should have worked with Democrats from the very beginning. At the end of the day, you cannot pass legislation … that affects so many people and not have it be bipartisan.”
— Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), quoted by MLive, on the failed GOP effort to repeal Obamacare.
Et Tu, Bannon?
On Capitol Hill, the intrigue’s as thick as the Roman Senate.
If Trumpcare fails, Ryan loses, and for Bannon, that’s great.
So, in a sneak attack,
When Steve stabs Paul in the back,
It’s all for the goal of deconstructing the “administrative state.”
It’s All Downhill
As the “Art of the Deal” meets the Law of Diminishing Returns,
And the GOP healthcare bill reaps the opprobrium it’s earned,
Where are Ivanka and Jared and the kids,
As Donald’s Trumpcare plan hits the skids?
Why, they’re in Aspen, skiing as the Republican House burns.
Missing His Mystique
All Donald Trump can do is grimace and glower,
After the Freedom Caucus sent his team to the shower.
Those GOPers don’t fear him,
Respect him or love him,
And it seems Trump’s lost his famed “mystique of power.”
He’s Had a Few
On the healthcare bill, he should have hedged his bets.
Since the Freedom Caucus doesn’t respond well to threats.
Shoulda done tax cuts first,
And kept healthcare for last,
It’s safe to say, along his way, Donald’s had a few regrets.
