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Susan Collins, FTW

July 16, 2017 By Harold Pollack

This is some answer from Susan Collins on the GOP health bill's Medicaid cutspic.twitter.com/QijjjjuL8l

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 16, 2017

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  1. Mitch Guthman says

    July 17, 2017 at 8:53 pm

    A powerful statement indeed. But I kept listening for something along the lines of "and therefore I not be voting for this bill. I will never vote for a bill that cuts Medicaid and there's no inducement that my party could include that would cause me do so." Didn't hear anything remotely like that so evidently she's still leaving her options open to cosmetic changes, so probably not worth very much.

    This is the exact problem with the Republican "moderates". Sen. Collins may not like this bill but she voted to make the man pushing it majority leader. And she probably will eventually vote for some variation of this bill, albeit with some cosmetic changes, out of party loyalty. A vote for Collins is also a vote for Mitch McConnell and nobody should ever forget it.

  2. byomtov11 says

    July 18, 2017 at 4:34 pm

    Collins would be an excellent Governor for Maine.

    May she resign from the Senate to to run for that office.

  3. Jarndyce says

    July 18, 2017 at 5:07 pm

    The other day, Collins was asked about Pence's assertion that the Republican bill “strengthens and secures Medicaid for the neediest in our society.” She replied, “I would respectfully disagree with the vice president’s analysis.”

    Of course, Pence had offered a blatant lie, not an "analysis," and it therefore deserved no respect. I suppose that "respectfully disagree" was rote, but I wonder whether "analysis" was sarcastic. Because Collins is a Republican, I doubt it. Actually, I imagine that no Democrat, except perhaps Franken, would have used "analysis" sarcastically. Given the level of debate in Washington today, Pence's assertion constitutes "analysis."

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