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Republicans had, they were able to pass that bill by a margin of only four votes. maybe they should have taken that as a sign. when the republican-controlled house barely passed that bill, the response of the republican-controlled senate was it ball it up and throw it away. the senate refused to even consider what the house had just passed and started working on their own bill to kill obamacare. as of june, they were ready to vote on their own bill to kill obamacare and they, too, had to yank it...

Bill to kill obamacare, as of june ready to vote and then they too had to yank it. turns out they didnt have the votes. in their own party. then the following month in july tried again. a different version of how to repeal obamacare, put out for a vote, put it on the floor, thought for sure would pass it, john mccain wouked out to middle of the floor, melodramatic flourish, slow thumbs down and killed that one too. republicans tried again in september to repeal obamacare and nope, again had to y...

Tried. day they yanked last effort to try to kill obamacare was september 26th, mitch mcconnell went out and said republicans would essentially stop trying now to repeal obamacare, would be moving on. try to pass something else instead. very next day they introduced their tax bill. and once again, the universe provided a sign. that tax bill they unveiled, end of september. aggressively tilted toward benefitting wealthiest people in the country and corporations. exactly what republicans intended ...

One before they even tried to vote on it. remember, this was the thing they were going to get done the day that trump was sworn into office, and honestly, theyve done nothing else other than trying to do that. its not like they didnt do obamacare but they did all of this other stuff. they havent passed any other legislation either. this is the only thing theyve tried. the day they yanked their last effort to try to kill obamacare was september 26th. that day mitch mcconnell, the republican leade...

Everybody who keeps their insurance. and theoretically that is the bouquet of roses they are trying to sell the american public right now as the first thing they want to pass in the trump era. theoretically, theyre trying to sell that to the public. realistically, thats what they are selling right now to susan collins. and john mccain. and bob corker and ron johnson and lisa murkowski and any republican senator who might conceively peel off from what theyre trying to do here. tonight is steve mn...

Even on the afternoon of inauguration day. republicans had been saying for seven years without dissent that they were going to kill obamacare the minute they got a chance to. not a single republican was elected to congress last year by saying, you know, im not with my party on this one. i think obamacare has something to say for it. they were 100% unanimous for seven years this was the first thing they were going to do, but despite their two and a half week early running start at that goal that ...

Corker and ron johnson and any other republican senator who might peel off from what theyre trying to do here. tonight is steve mnuchin and bride hold money night. vote on the republican tax bill is tomorrow in the house. dont think about rich people. outside of republicans in congress and donors most important to them, this bill doesnt have a lot of friends. lots of different types of people have reasons to be strongly against this. for example, anybody with health insurance, anybody who only g...

That is unprecedented in modern american political history that you have a president who has his own party in control of both houses of congress and that president is in office for his first year and they pass nothing. it just doesnt work that way. but thats how its worked this year. now mostly what its looked like when theyve tried to pass something, weve been able to see that because of the kinetic activity of their repeated failures to kill obamacare, to kill the affordable care act. when don...

They try to pass something, seen that because of the kinetic activity of their repeated failures to kill obamacare, the affordable care act. when trump was sworn in, the congress had been sworn in 2 1/2 weeks. they were sworn in january 3rd. original plan was to use that time getting obamacare repeal ready. be ready by the time he got there. wanted it shined up, introduced through rules process, voted on and ready for brand new presidents signature, maybe even on the afternoon of inauguration da...

Eventually stop touching a hot stove. they keep losing on obamacare, so now they throw this provision in, not only could it delay passage of a tax bill, it could actually jeopardize passage of a tax bill. >> greg, when i look at the optics of this, though, i keep hearing the president wants middle class tax relief. >> yep. >> this is permanent corporate tax relief, temporary middle class tax relief and if you throw in the obamacare repeal, the obamacare mandate, you have potentially $13 million ...