McConnell Says He’ll Call Vote on Bipartisan Health Bill If Trump Approves
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would call a vote on bipartisan health care legislation drafted by Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray — that is, if President Trump is on board with it.
“I’m not certain yet, what the president is looking for here but I’ll be happy to bring a bill to the floor if I know President Trump would sign it,” McConnell told Dana Bash.
Trump has been difficult to pin down on the issue, to put it mildly.
After Alexander and Murray announced that they had come to an agreement on legislation last week, Trump contradicted himself within a matter of minutes on whether he could support it.
He has appeared to back some sort of short-term fix to Obamacare, but has also tweeted that he would never “bail out” insurance companies (a very inaccurate depiction of what the bill would actually do).
Whether Trump’s intense hatred of his predecessor’s signature law will override the prospect of a possible political win — not to mention relief for millions of Americans — is anyone’s guess.
The House may refuse to bring it to a vote, anyway, I think, given Ryan's attitude and the attitude of the right wing nutjobs that make up so much of the Republican delegation.
If it came to a vote the Dems would support it along with the least fatantical of the GOP, so it might actually pass.
So think of the Hastert rule that when the House is under GOP control the Speaker is to bring nothing up for a vote that is not supported by a majority of the GOP members.
And so . . . .
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