They seem really about to vote for legislation to condemn tens of thousands of Americans or more to death, hundreds of thousands to bankruptcy, and tens of millions to large increases in health coverage costs.
What a country...
As Huffpost puts it:
Republicans Could Actually Pass This Health Care Bill
They’re getting close to the number of votes they need in the House.
...Leaders are eyeing a Thursday vote, but they could push back a one-week recess into the weekend, or even into next week, if they think that gets them closer to moving the bill out of the House. Republicans will be voting without a Congressional Budget Office score on the latest iteration of the legislation, after it was changed dramatically by an amendment from moderate Tom MacArthur (R-N.J) and Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) to allow states to opt out of those popular pre-existing condition protections. That, miraculously, doesn’t seem to be giving many members pause.
Leadership could also add additional amendments to pick off a member here or there, and they still have plenty of money to dole out to win over reluctant moderates. The last CBO score projected that the bill would save $150 billion over 10 years, but that figure could now be potentially much lower depending on how many people use the tax credits that the bill would establish to help people purchase insurance.
There’s a sense among some members now that Republicans are so close to passing the bill that they won’t stop tweaking the legislation and offering members side-deals for their votes until they get there...
Lean No (8)
Paul Cook (Calif.)
Carlos Curbelo (Fla.)
Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.)
David Joyce (Ohio)
Michael Turner (Ohio)
David Valadao (Calif.)
Daniel Webster (Fla.)
Rob Wittman (Va.)
Undecided (10)
Justin Amash (Mich.)
John Faso (N.Y.)
Darrell Issa (Calif.)
Steve Knight (Calif.)
Bruce Poliquin (Maine)
Peter Roskam (Ill.)
Ed Royce (Calif.)
Elise Stefanik (N.Y.)
Kevin Yoder (Kan.)
Don Young (Alaska)
I would tell you to call these people but I’m too busy throwing up in the bathroom.