{"id":6199,"date":"2017-06-22T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2017-06-22T16:19:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T21:19:54","slug":"gop-senator-mcconnell-finally-reveals-his-tax-cut-bill-intends-to-force-a-vote-before-it-can-be-scrutinized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/gop-senator-mcconnell-finally-reveals-his-tax-cut-bill-intends-to-force-a-vote-before-it-can-be-scrutinized\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator McConnell Finally Reveals His Tax Cut &#8220;Health Care&#8221; Bill, Intends to Force a Vote Before It Can Be Scrutinized"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6203\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/McConnell-HealthCareBill.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/gop-senator-mcconnell-finally-reveals-his-tax-cut-bill-intends-to-force-a-vote-before-it-can-be-scrutinized\/mcconnell-healthcarebill\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/McConnell-HealthCareBill.jpg?fit=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"McConnell-HealthCareBill\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after a Republican meeting about the Senate Healthcare Bill, on Thursday. Credit Doug Mills\/The New York Times&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/McConnell-HealthCareBill.jpg?fit=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6203\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6203\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/McConnell-HealthCareBill-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/McConnell-HealthCareBill.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/McConnell-HealthCareBill.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after a Republican meeting about the Senate Healthcare Bill, on Thursday. Credit Doug Mills\/The New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Having hidden the details as long as he could, Mitch McConnell has finally revealed his\u00a0<del>tax cut<\/del> health care bill. \u00a0Contrary to the expectations originally set, the bill turns out to be the House&#8217;s brutal bill with a few of the edges sanded down (for example, it stretches the phase-out of Medicaid out a few extra years, the better to evade immediate\u00a0electoral repercussions) and not a complete re-write. \u00a0Needless to say, it retains all of the tax cuts for America&#8217;s most comfortable.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" style=\"color: #005580; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/senate-gop-leaders-set-to-unveil-health-care-bill\/2017\/06\/22\/56dbe35c-5734-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.d6386a56fdc0\">Senate GOP leaders unveil health-care bill &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2017\/06\/22\/republicans-obamacare-repeal-would-be-one-of-the-biggest-cuts-to-the-social-safety-net-in-history\/?utm_term=.eca88f5bb590\">Republicans&#8217; Obamacare repeal would be one of the biggest cuts to the welfare state in history &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2017\/politics\/obamacare-senate-bill-compare\/?utm_term=.6740aedc7537\">Senate health care bill 2017 Obamacare changes &#8211; Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nytimes.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/22\/us\/politics\/senate-health-care-bill.html\">Senate Health Care Bill Includes Deep Cuts to Medicaid &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nytimes.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/06\/22\/us\/senate-health-care-bill.html\">How Senate Republicans Plan to Dismantle Obamacare &#8211; The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Senator McConnell intends to force a vote on the bill next week. \u00a0Right. \u00a0<strong>Before<\/strong> senators have had any time to study the bill, <strong>before<\/strong> the CBO has had time to score it (or will the CBO grind out a quick analysis over the weekend?), <strong>before<\/strong> senators have been home to hear from their constituents, etc. \u00a0And of course, <strong>without<\/strong> a single committee hearing or any public comment. \u00a0The faster they vote on it the less time there is for consideration or feedback.<\/p>\n<p>Remember 2009? \u00a0Contrary to the spin we are hearing from the GOP, passage of Obamacare featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/aca-versus-ahca\/\">months of congressional debate and hearings, multiple CBO evaluations, voluminous public comment and entreaties to bipartisan participation<\/a>. \u00a0No, this cynical secret process is <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/143433\/republican-partys-contempt-truth\">unprecedented in modern times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=newrepublic.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/143392\/secret-republican-health-care-bill-affront-enlightenment-values\">The Secret Republican Health Care Bill Is an Affront to Enlightenment Values | New Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=newrepublic.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/minutes\/143484\/heres-proof-secret-republican-health-care-bill-really-millionaire-tax-cut-bill\">Here\u2019s proof that the secret Republican \u201chealth care\u201d bill is really a millionaire tax cut bill. | New Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.washingtonpost.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2017\/06\/20\/sorry-folks-the-gops-devious-strategy-for-ramming-trumpcare-through-is-working\/?utm_term=.d2980ee8002c\">Sorry, folks. The GOP\u2019s devious strategy for ramming Trumpcare through is working. &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=newrepublic.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/143433\/republican-partys-contempt-truth\">The Republican Party\u2019s Contempt for Truth | New Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=nymag.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2017\/06\/trumpcare-might-pass-but-conservative-health-care-is-dead.html?utm_source=nym&amp;utm_medium=f1&amp;utm_campaign=feed-part\">Trumpcare Might Pass, But Conservative Health Care Is Dead<\/a><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/s2\/favicons?domain=www.nytimes.com\" \/>\u00a0<a class=\"clickable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/19\/opinion\/republican-health-care-bill-tax-cuts.html?_r=1\">Zombies, Vampires and Republicans &#8211; The New York Times\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The question now is, will there turn out to be at least three GOP senators possessing the moral sense to say &#8220;No&#8221; to throwing 20-plus million Americans out from under the health care umbrella? 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