has every member voted who wishes to vote? clerical report. mr. chairman there are 17 ayes and 13 s nos. it is not agreed in the nature of the substitute. i have an amendment at the desk. the young lady reserves the point of order. we will appoint the amendment. amendment to the amendment in the nature of the substitute, each at 755, offered by mr. jordan of ohio, page 4, striking line 23 and all that follows through line five, striking 10-17. the gentleman is recognized for the purpose of explaining the amendment. i withdraw my point of order. withdraw is with withdrawn. strike in the last eight lines in article 1 and to the last eight lines in article 2. you have a rush process when you don t know the facts on your
2018? it is kind of amazing that this is what they ve come up with. you know, they ve been saying for seven years they want to repeal and replace obamacare, but until now, we had never seen how they would do it. and that s because they haven t been able to agree amongst themselves. that s been kind of the dirty little secret all along, is the only thing they all agreed on is they wanted to repeal and replace obamacare. when you actually get down to doing it, you discover that the republic chance ha republicans have just as many divisions among themselves as the democrats do. philip, don t you think there s a problem with the republicans, too, with the process? it seems to any, the reason you have a public process around this is precisely because the politics of it do matter, they matter, the substance, the creation of the thing. this idea you re going to kind of, like, pull one over by getting through the week seems like you are laying land mines for your future self. oh, absolut
it is kind of amazing that this is what they ve come up with. you know, they ve been saying for seven years they want to repeal and replace obamacare, but until now, we had never seen how they would do it. and that s because they haven t been able to agree amongst themselves. that s been kind of the dirty little secret all along, is the only thing they all agreed on is they wanted to repeal and replace obamacare. when you actually get down to doing it, you discover that the republicans have just as many divisions among themselves as the democrats do. philip, don t you think there s a problem with the republicans, too, with the process? it seems to any, the reason you have a public process around this is precisely because the politics of it do matter, they matter, the substance, the creation of the thing. this idea you re going to kind of, like, pull one over by getting through the week seems like you are laying land mines for your future self. oh, absolutely. i think if you go ba
republican senator susan collins said she would vote against the bill in a crucial test vote. and after the nonpartisan congressional budget office released its highly anticipated analysis of the bill, which finds if this bill passed, 22 million more people would be uninsured by 2026 compared to current law. that includes 15 million more people just next year, including 4 million with employment sponsored insurance. average premiums in the individual market would spike in the nexts couple years. while premiums are projected to decrease starting in 2020, the crucial detail is this, deductibles and other out of pocket expenses would rise. cbo score isn t likely to comfort any of the republican senators sitting on the fence. and the senate bill s problems the bill is meeting resistance at the state level with the bipartisan national governors association calling on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to slow down what has been an astonishingly rushed process. the national association
anyone recalls anything from the aca, when you talk about scott brown, that was in november, you talk about those angry speeches that happened on the floor about the process, those were in january, february, march. a year in. i mean, have you ever seen legislation of this magnitude on this subject year undertake this trajectory process wise ever? no, never. i ve stood out i ve saw a lot of closed meetings in the capitol and office buildings but never seen a bill done this way. i ve never seen a bill that actually creates more losers than winners. often you get bills that create winners and losers but this really is a bill that helps far fewer people than it would hurt and i think the republicans know that that s what they re resulting in. that is the fundamental issue here. phil klein, julie rovner, thank you both. thank you. up next, why republicans are being so secretive about what should be their biggest legislative achievement. steve schmidt on the unprecedented hidden pr