House Ways and Means Committee debates Republican health care reform law (ABC/screen grab).
Trying to read a story, and completely distracted by the lead photo. Look at that – all these white men, one of them looks like he’s dying, and another looks like he’s having a fine nap. No wonder we’re such a fucking mess. Okay, the story…at least a couple of the white dudes are awake:
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) on Tuesday tried to force the Republican Party to uphold President Donald Trump’s promise of “insurance for everybody.”
During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Republican plan to replace President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, Blumenauer became the first lawmaker to offer an amendment to the GOP bill.
Blumenauer’s amendment would prevent any of the provisions in the American Health Care Act to take effect until the Congressional Budget Office could verify that the law would provide “coverage for all tax payers.”
Via Twitter.
Democrats said that Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) immediately ruled that the amendment was “not in order.”
Oh, so that’s why he looks awake in the photo. Okey dokey. Rep. Lloyd Doggett was almost on fire over the GOP silence on, well, everything. I hope they were all awake to hear it.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) also offered an amendment to force the president to release his tax returns, but that amendment was voted down by Republicans on the committee.
.@RepLloydDoggett condemns GOP "silence" on Trump administration: "Every outrageous statement, every crazy tweet, they are silent." pic.twitter.com/NiZWdJzXAZ
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 8, 2017
Via Twitter.
Via Raw Story.
Blumenauer’s amendment would prevent any of the provisions in the American Health Care Act to take effect until the Congressional Budget Office could verify that the law would provide “coverage for all tax payers.”
I like that a lot. That’s some really fine amending right there.
Yes, I like it too. Pity it was shut down immediately.
I don’t even wanna describe what kind of laughter this caused me.
I’ll just say I was eating.
That photo belongs in a Python sketch -- he’s just pining for the fjords!
Saad
I’m glad to see you survived. Choking is not a good way to go, no matter what the initial cause of the laughter!
Of course! It has been clear for a long time that the republicans have no interest at all in health care for all. That “right” is to be reserved for only the privileged, not the peons. I sometimes wish that I was an omnipotent being and could zing these assholes into the life of a homeless poor person PERMANENTLY.
To be perfectly honest, even if that amendment had passed the Congress would just disband the CBO and staff it with loyal yes-men. The CBO has been a thorn in GOP’s side for quite a while now and as all fact-based institutions it’ll go sooner or later.