Ben Wikler @benwikler
Folks don't realize how close the GOP is to repealing the affordable care act right now. 1/
Unlike last time, they have the Freedom Caucus—and not only that, the Koch brothers and conservative movement apparatus is on board 2/
Simply because there's so damn much else going on, and because Trump isn't talking about it, this isn't the by-far-#1 story yet—but 3/
if the GOP does pull the votes together, they'll move very quickly. And the Senate could move faster than one would imagine. Moreover, 4/
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The GOP has something to pull in moderates: $150 billion. To fund "high risk pools," which don't work, but that's a lot of dough. 5/
House GOP leadership is spending this weekend intensively negotiating to get moderate Rs on board. They're close. 6/
The only thing that will stop the House moderates from shredding health care is massive pressure from their constituents. Pronto. 7/
You can find some good whip lists online. But simplest thing is to google your member of Congress and see what s/he has said recently. 8/
Lots of Congresspeople have changed their position since last time, so don't rely on what they did or said last time. 8/
Paul Ryan is telling his members that if they don't pass TrumpCare, the GOP will lose the House. There's only one thing that'll beat that 9/
they'll lose their jobs if they vote for this bill. Full stop. And by rights, they SHOULD over this.
The new AHCA bill is even worse than the old one. Shreds protections for people with preexisting conditions. Vicious, dangerous, needless.
But there's one bright spot: the more times we kill this awful bill, the deader it'll get. If we win next week, that might be it. Maybe.
So it's really, really worth pulling out all the stops right now, folks. Let's #KillTheBill before the House goes into recess next Thu. /end