1/ Confused about what the House voted on today? You're not alone. I hope you'll find this explanation (in the following tweets) helpful.
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4/ It's actually a budget resolution that proposes adding more than $9 TRILLION to the debt over the next decade.
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5/ Does that extra debt come from repealing Obamacare? No. The budget doesn't even mention Obamacare and doesn't repeal it.
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6/ Budget includes "reconciliation instructions" to allow Congress to bring a LATER bill to repeal part of Obamacare with a simple majority.
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7/ But these instructions can be included in ANY budget. It's not necessary to pass this particular budget, a.k.a. Worst. Budget. Ever.
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8/ Partisans in both parties like to describe the vote as an "Obamacare repeal vote" (rather than a budget vote) for obvious reasons.
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9/ Republicans don't want their voters to know that they voted for the most massive budget ever.
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10/ Democrats want their voters to think it's all about stopping Republicans from repealing Obamacare.
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11/ Reporters are fixated on the sexy angle, which is the misleading angle that most of the politicians are talking about: Obamacare.
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12/ So, my no vote does not mean I oppose repealing Obamacare (sorry, Democrats); that's not what today's vote was really about.
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13/ My no vote was about standing up for limited govt and fighting for the next generation. It was about stopping a never-balanced budget.
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14/ We can't afford more spending and more debt, regardless of whether it's demanded by a Democratic president or Republican president. ###
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Don't get it twisted. The House voted to begin the process of writing legislation to repeal Obamacare, without a replacement.
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I hate it when they call it one thing when it has nothing to do with the content,ie,farm bill meaning welfare
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So it's another lie. Does Congress take Americans for fools that wouldn't know any better so they can just outright lie to us
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@catoletters Please keep the fight alive. You're one of potentially 3 actual representatives in the entire fed. Sweet Jesus.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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glad to hear it b/c Universal Health Care in the US is my #1 concern.
#IWantYourHealthCarePlan4MyFamily http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00026 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I admire you but House couldn't pass a budget last year - you couldn't find consensus. This budget got 218. Small steps.
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this budget was for FY17. the House passed a budget for FY16, which balanced in 8 years. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll183.xml …
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last calendar year for fy17, the House cldnt pass the budget. It crashed the approps system. House cldnt start until May
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lol. I see. These idiots. I'm so annoyed w/them. The are all con artists
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