Bob Costa and two other writers wrote about the pressure tactics that the Trump Administration will use on recalcitrant Senators to back the Senate Bill. VP Pence is already tasked with shmoozing dissenters like Dean Heller.
The reports from the field repeat dreadful town hall meetings after town hall meetings. A new No vote surfaced when Jerry Moran from Kansas couldn't find anyone--Republican or Democrat for the bill in Kansas.
The Senate bill is the most unpopular piece of legislation ever proposed in the last 50 years. Senator Bernie Sanders has sent a letter to Lamar Alexander to hold hearing with true healthcaregivers and insurance companies about the bill. The July 4th recess was a disaster for the GOP who faced demonstrations over the healthcare bill.
Senator Grassley expressed disgust over Ted Cruz' amendment of a Consumer Freedom option which would allow an erosion over the protections for pre-existing conditions. Grassley claims he will vote NO if those are eroded.
Mitch McConnell is playing coy right now, saying he doesn't have 50 votes. He says if he fails than a shorter bill strengthening individual markets will have to be introduced and Democrats will have to be consulted.
The catch is that the GOP have predicated their tax reform bill on the taxes being removed from Obamacare.
Friday, July 7, 2017
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER ION NORTH KOREA.
Krauthammer lamented that nothing really has been done for over 25 years on the issue of North Korea. He said the United States' options were to return tactical nukes to Korea, which we withdrew in 1992, and to encourage Japan to go nuclear. Krauthammer basically said those options were risky and fraught with danger.
Instead, he suggests the United States just acquiesce to what North Korea is doing like we did when China went nuclear. I guess we should not expect Trump to follow up his threats.
Instead, he suggests the United States just acquiesce to what North Korea is doing like we did when China went nuclear. I guess we should not expect Trump to follow up his threats.
THE SYRIAN DEAL
Rex Tillerson was the megaphone on this but the Daily Beast confirmed that Trump approved. Assad would be left in power. Instaed of US forces in Syria, Russia and the Iranians would field the ground troops. The United States would monitor the no-fly zones mapped out by the Russians and the US would deliver humanitarian assistance.
BUZZFEED RECEIVES FORGED NSA DOCUMENT MADDOW WARNED ABOUT
Rachel Maddow performed a public service by showing that she had received a highly classified NSA document naming a Trump official linked to the Russian operation. But she had the document analyzed and she came to the conclusion someone was trying to set her up ala Dan Rather and the Bush arms service story. As a result of Maddow's warning, Buzzfeed found it also had received a NSA document that didn't smell right.
TRUMP MEETS VLAD FOR 2 1/2 HOURS: NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED
The Russians were first out of the gate saying Putin denied interfering in our elections,the two agreed to a joint cybersecurity task force,the US agreed to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire in Southern Syria.
The United States claimed thatTrump didn't want to delitigate old issues and just wanted to move on. Trump himself said he let Putin have it and he won't do it again.
The former spooks all said Trump set the stage for 2018 election interference by his failure to follow-up on the theme.
CNN reports that the Trump State Department just gave 155 visas to Russian spies.
What should concern Americans that Trump went spacey at the G-20 again and Teresa May had to get Trump to focus. Yesterday Trump wandered off away from the bullet proof glass as security forces started to freak before Trump remembered where he was.
The United States is isolated on the issue of climate and trade at the G-20. Merkel told Trump there would be a trade war if he raised tariffs on steel.
While Hamburg burns,the G-20 is ending with more tension than past meetings.
Doesn't Melania Trump look like Caitlyn Jenner?
The United States claimed thatTrump didn't want to delitigate old issues and just wanted to move on. Trump himself said he let Putin have it and he won't do it again.
The former spooks all said Trump set the stage for 2018 election interference by his failure to follow-up on the theme.
CNN reports that the Trump State Department just gave 155 visas to Russian spies.
What should concern Americans that Trump went spacey at the G-20 again and Teresa May had to get Trump to focus. Yesterday Trump wandered off away from the bullet proof glass as security forces started to freak before Trump remembered where he was.
The United States is isolated on the issue of climate and trade at the G-20. Merkel told Trump there would be a trade war if he raised tariffs on steel.
While Hamburg burns,the G-20 is ending with more tension than past meetings.
Doesn't Melania Trump look like Caitlyn Jenner?
AMERICA'S GOVERNOR, JERRY BROWN, AT HAMBURG
Jerry Brown spoke before 12,000 environmentalists at the Global Citizen Festival and blasted Trump for his stated withdrawal from the Paris Accords. "He doesn't represent 70% of Americans".
Brown took the opportunity to talk about his Global Action Summit in San Francisco in September 2018.
Brown took the opportunity to talk about his Global Action Summit in San Francisco in September 2018.
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