The big news of the day
is that there will be no row-call vote in Congress for the Health Care
measure. This was the House vote. The US Senate hasn't taken up this bill yet, but when it does it is expected to fail by an even greater margin. The Trump and Ryan forces
simply lack the votes. They need to
delay the vote some more so they can do the necessary arm twisting and deal
making with individual congress-men. The
Freedom Caucus is making a whole bunch of fresh demands like eliminating
caticlis-mic coverage and terminating policies. The other news of the day is of course
yesterday’s story about how perhaps Trump people in the campaign were overheard
in conversations with Russia that our side captured. They supposedly aren’t even supposed to
listen to the American half of the conversation, which seems a strange request
to make. The congress chairman told
Trump before he told his ranking member, which is against protocol. I don’t see how this Trump administration can
forever continue to sweep scandal after scandal under the rug, but so far he’s
done a pretty good job of it. There is
so much of the government that is already in Trump administration hands that
finding an independent prosecutor seems highly unlikely now.
Washington (CNN) The
House hopes to vote on legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare Friday
morning, following a day of drama and multiple high-level, tension-filled
meetings, a White House official said. President
Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have been lobbying members of the
conservative House Freedom Caucus and also moderate Republicans in an attempt
to reach the 216 votes they need to pass the bill. Republicans can't lose more than 21 of their
caucus and still pass the bill, since no Democrats are expected to support it.
According to CNN's ongoing whip count, 26 House Republicans have said they will
vote against the bill, and four more have indicated they are likely to oppose
it, though negotiations were ongoing Thursday.
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows said there are "30 to 40"
votes against the bill at this point. "We
have not gotten enough of our members to get to yes at this point,"
Meadows said Thursday afternoon. Meadows
called the long-standing plan to vote on Thursday -- the seven-year anniversary
of President Barack Obama signing the Affordable Care Act -- an
"artificial deadline."
NY Senator Chuck
Schummer in a speech today said that he would vote to filibuster the nomination
of Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court.
He said that all of Obama’s picks for the High Court met the sixty vote
standard as did some of Bush’s nominees.
Chuck says if this candidate cannot meet the bar of sixty votes in the
senate the solution is not to change the rules, as Mitch Mc Connell has
threatened to do, but to change candidates.
I agree.
(Last Sunday morning) I went to the store after cereal and got my
dollar coffee. In the morning here I got
coffee with milk, and got a second such coffee from Paul, which woke me
up. The good thing is I was done with
breakfast before “Meet the Press” came on the air. I had a lot of ideas for blogging about the
Trump administration. The big news is
that Supreme Court justice candidate will be testifying tomorrow. Also FBI head James Comey will be testifying
tomorrow. He’s the mole in the Trump
administration. If I were congress I’d
be grilling him extra intensely to get the truth out of him.
(Tuesday March 14th.) I watched Days of our Lives and today could be
called ethics and evaluation day. Bill
had to leave to see Dr Kim at one thirty.
I went and smoked my remaining butt in the pack and then headed to the
snack line. It was four after two but I
was still late. I got in the money draw
line. Gabby was weaving in and out among
the people. It was Glenda and then Luan
and then Muffin, and all three of those took a long time. Then it was that other Ron. I got in there just past 2:20. I got my fifteen dollars from Jennifer and
took too chocolates. Gabby was watching me count my money but she wanted the
chocolates I was holding. I ate them and
got in the reasonably short line to see Dr Saran. When I had been in the
Tess line I had heart palpitations. I
was afraid I’d have more of them now and the doctor would think I was really
sick. Silva engaged me in
conversation. Right off I told the
doctor that I had been sick with the flu for two weeks. Also that I had been coughing all that time
and nasal clogging and tiredness and tightness in the stomach area. I told Dr
Saran that often when I ate I felt better despite not feeling hungry
beforehand. Dr Saran wasn’t going to
prescribe anti-biotics, which I’m sure I need.
My temperature was below normal and my blood pressure was on the low end
despite the fact I could feel my veins throbbing. He prescribed cough medicine and nasal
spray. That will help me get more needed
oxygen. I returned to the room and Nora
told me not to go in because she had just mopped. I went out for a smoke. She
doesn’t seem to have dusted and the corner of the desk still feels dirty.
Police have identified
Khalid Masood as the man who carried out the Westminster attack, as the death toll
rose to five. Al Qaeda has taken credit for this car attack. Kent-born
Masood, who was shot dead by police, had not been the subject of any current
police investigations, but had a range of previous convictions.
The 52-year-old was
believed to have been living in the West Midlands. PC Keith Palmer, 48, Aysha Frade and US
tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, were killed on Wednesday, while a 75-year-old man
died on Thursday evening. The man had
been receiving medical treatment in hospital but his life support was
withdrawn.
The so-called Islamic
State group has said it was behind the attack.
Three women
and five men were arrested in London and Birmingham on suspicion
of preparation of terrorist acts following Wednesday's attack.
- A
woman aged 39 was arrested in east London
- A
21-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man were arrested in Birmingham
- A
26-year-old woman and three men aged 28, 27 and 26 were arrested at
another address in Birmingham
- A
man aged 58 was arrested at an address in Birmingham
- Bullets keep coming
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