11-12-2016, 11:01 PM
(11-12-2016, 10:41 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(11-12-2016, 07:58 AM)Anthony Wrote: But now Republicans are talking about adding a provision to the ObamaCare repeal bill specifically barring individual states from adopting it or "anything substantially similar;" i.e., RomneyCare in Massachusetts.Probably wise not to establish a new precedence that can be used against them in the future.
It might be time for Senate Democrats to try a new tactic - a filibuster being impossible in this instance due to the budget reconciliation process the Republicans intend on using to repeal ObamaCare: "Taking a walk" - to deny the Republicans the required "quorum" to pass it.
If they had left the cloture rules alone they wouldn't be having this problem.
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If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises