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Mullin: Axing Filibuster Isn't on Table, We're Discussing Nuclear Option to 80% Reopen Government

On Tuesday's broadcast of NewsNation's "On Balance," Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that while abolishing the filibuster isn't on the table for | Clips
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"Mullin said axing the filibuster is “not really on the table. … It may be forced upon us. But the biggest concern that we have is the Senate goes back and forth. And when the filibuster was in place, … it kept judges off the bench, it kept Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) from packing the Supreme Court in ’21, and it kept them from passing the most disastrous overhaul that we’ve had to federalized programs in history in ’22.”
 
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rekinhavoc said:
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Mullin: Axing Filibuster Isn't on Table, We're Discussing Nuclear Option to 80% Reopen Government

On Tuesday's broadcast of NewsNation's "On Balance," Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stated that while abolishing the filibuster isn't on the table for | Clips
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"Mullin said axing the filibuster is “not really on the table. … It may be forced upon us. But the biggest concern that we have is the Senate goes back and forth. And when the filibuster was in place, … it kept judges off the bench, it kept Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) from packing the Supreme Court in ’21, and it kept them from passing the most disastrous overhaul that we’ve had to federalized programs in history in ’22.”
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They are scared to use it because they know Dims are gonna buttf##k them when they take back over (sooner rather than later).
 
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My prediction: Shutdown ends Nov 1 when health insurance selection season starts. Insurance costs skyrocket without ACA subsidies. Dims blame Republicans for increasing health insurance cost for 25,000,000+ Americans and ride that and the tariff tax hikes into massive victories in 2026.
 
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"The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act was never actually affordable. President Barack Obama’s signature achievement allowed people to buy insurance on marketplaces with subsidies based on their income. The architects of the program assumed that risk pools would be bigger than they turned out to be. As a result, policies cost more than expected.

To salvage the program, Democrats expanded subsidies to entice more people to buy plans. Many poor families wound up getting insurance for free, and the rolls grew: 24 million people now have coverage through the ACA exchanges. People earning more than 400 percent of the poverty line — about $129,000 for a family of four — would see their subsidies go away.
Democrats picked this fight because they see health care as a winning issue. A Post poll, conducted on the first day of the shutdown, found that 71 percent of Americans say federal insurance subsidies should be extended while 29 percent say they should end as scheduled. Just as significantly, the question divides Republicans: 38 percent support extending the subsidies, and 62 percent want them to end.

This is how entitlement programs work. Once you habituate people to some generous government handout, they grow dependent on it. And it becomes politically perilous, if not impossible, to fully claw it back. Conservatives fought so hard to stop Obamacare 15 years ago because they anticipated fights like this one."
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
They are scared to use it because they know Dims are gonna buttf##k them when they take back over (sooner rather than later).
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That correct. The ramifications of ending the filibuster for the budget are great, but the dems aren't gonna take the senate this cycle. Never know about the future though.
 
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"The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act was never actually affordable. President Barack Obama’s signature achievement allowed people to buy insurance on marketplaces with subsidies based on their income. The architects of the program assumed that risk pools would be bigger than they turned out to be. As a result, policies cost more than expected.

To salvage the program, Democrats expanded subsidies to entice more people to buy plans. Many poor families wound up getting insurance for free, and the rolls grew: 24 million people now have coverage through the ACA exchanges. People earning more than 400 percent of the poverty line — about $129,000 for a family of four — would see their subsidies go away.
Democrats picked this fight because they see health care as a winning issue. A Post poll, conducted on the first day of the shutdown, found that 71 percent of Americans say federal insurance subsidies should be extended while 29 percent say they should end as scheduled. Just as significantly, the question divides Republicans: 38 percent support extending the subsidies, and 62 percent want them to end.

This is how entitlement programs work. Once you habituate people to some generous government handout, they grow dependent on it. And it becomes politically perilous, if not impossible, to fully claw it back. Conservatives fought so hard to stop Obamacare 15 years ago because they anticipated fights like this one."
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"Politically perilous" rather than doing the right dang thing, which is to FULLY CLAW IT BACK.

Republicans are just as unserious as democrats. They don't want to do the right thing. They want to cover their own asses.
 
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ButchPlz said:
"Politically perilous" rather than doing the right dang thing, which is to FULLY CLAW IT BACK.

Republicans are just as unserious as democrats. They don't want to do the right thing. They want to cover their own asses.
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Republicans came up with Obamacare and theatrically voted against it. It was just a payoff to the insurance companies. Nothing more, nothing less.
 
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"Politically perilous" rather than doing the right dang thing, which is to FULLY CLAW IT BACK.

Republicans are just as unserious as democrats. They don't want to do the right thing. They want to cover their own asses.
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💯 . Politics at it's worst. Neither side gives two sh!ts , that's why they won't fund essential workers. Gotta have those pain points to fund raise .
 
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Jeffries: Johnson Calling Dems 'Legislative Terrorists' Is 'Going to Get Someone Killed'

Thursday on CNN's "The Situation Room," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) comments about the ongoing government shutdown were "going to get someone killed." | Clips
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"A day earlier on CNN, Johnson said, “No, we’re not going to allow Chuck Schumer to play selfish political games and hold the American people hostage. We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists.”

Jeffries said, “That type of language is reckless, it’s irresponsible, and it’s going to get someone killed. What do these folks not understand as it relates to the language that they continue to use?"

They really need to get this dipsh!t off tv. Of course Wolf didn't challenge him on the nazi/fascist talk and how someone tried to assassinate Trump twice.
 
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Shutdown is ‘holding my veterans hostage,’ VA chief says

Some critical services are paused and many employees are not getting paid, Doug Collins says, though he will not guarantee their back pay.
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Trump hates vets unless they are doing his bidding.

More than 100,000 enrollees in VA’s Veteran Readiness and Employment program are not currently receiving counseling or case management services, VA said, and 16,000 separating service members are missing out on briefings on the transition to civilian life. It added that more than 900,000 beneficiaries in VA’s education programs cannot contact the dedicated phone line.
 
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