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The July recess made Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's job of getting 50 votes for Trumpcare even harder, but Senate Democrats aren't letting up on the pressure. They don't have enough votes to stop it on the floor, but they have the voice to try to keep it from getting there.
“Mitch McConnell is now trying to make side deals in order to win votes. He is reaching out to this Republican senator and that Republican senator in order to sweeten the pot and get their votes,” Vermont independent Bernie Sanders said at a rally Sunday afternoon in Morgantown, W.Va. […]
McConnell warned last week that if Republicans fail to rally and pass a bill, there will be no other option left but to work with Democrats to shore up the Affordable Care Act, a stark departure from his earlier vow that the GOP would destroy the Obama-era law “root and branch.”
But that signal provided little comfort to Democrats who remain convinced that McConnell, known as a master tactician, could still pull a deal off. Front of mind is what happened in the House: Speaker Paul Ryan declared he was moving on to other legislation after failing to round up enough votes, Democrats did a victory lap, and then the bill suddenly came back to life six weeks later, catching opponents by surprise when it passed. […]
Democrats sought to keep media and public attention on the health care bill even as lawmakers scattered around the country last week. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has been encouraging members—particularly those from states where the other senator is Republican—to hold events, use social media, and write op-ed articles against the Senate bill in the period since McConnell delayed the vote.
Activists haven’t taken a rest, either. More than 1,000 protesters allied with Sanders’s political advocacy group Our Revolution staged sit-ins in 36 GOP offices across 21 states in one day alone, with other protests scattered throughout the week. In several cases, protesters occupied offices overnight, and dozens were arrested.
Yes, we are what's making McConnell's life hell right now.
We're fueling the Senate Democrats’ fight, and scaring the hell out of a handful of Republicans. We have to keep at least three of them scared enough to stop this for good.
All we need is 3 Republican senators to block Trumpcare. If you have a GOP senator, we need you to call their office at (202) 224-3121. Demand that they put their constituents above their party. After the call, tell us how the call went.