Cenk Uygur
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Why Republicans All Hate The CBO Now
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March 14, 2017
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3:20Now PlayingThe CBO was going to say mean things about TrumpCare, like how many millions of people will lose coverage. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Two trends from last week regarding the House Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill are still in effect: Republican leaders are pre-emptively attacking the anticipated analysis from the Congressional Budget Office that will say how many Americans will lose their insurance under the American Health Care Act, while many Republican legislators are expressing doubts about the GOP’s Obamacare replacement bill.
Over the past week, many Republicans have been trying to discredit the budget office so that its findings won’t harm their cause: the Obamacare repeal bill. As The Washington Post reported on Saturday:
But they can avoid facing up to the negative consequences of their plan for only so long: The CBO will soon issue a report on their proposal, probably this week. So Republicans preemptively attacked the country’s designated budget scorekeepers. “If you’re looking to the CBO for accuracy, you’re looking in the wrong place,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer inveighed. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., sneered at the office’s “unelected bureaucrats.” Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., declared that “CBO has scored everything wrong forever, so they’re a minor concern.”
Yet the budget office may not be the Obamacare repeal bill’s only problem. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada — the only Republican senator facing re-election in a state won by Hillary Clinton in 2016 — had harsh words about the proposed law during a closed meeting with some of his constituents on Saturday…
The Navy has an opinion as well: The display was “unauthorized.”
Navy Capt. Jason Salata, a spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Command, said Thursday that his headquarters is aware of the photographs and has launched an inquiry.
The action could run afoul of a Defense Department directive that bans service members from acting in political manners while on active duty. Among the specific actions banned are displaying political signs or banners on a private vehicle and displaying a “partisan political sign, poster, banner or similar device” outside a residence on a military base.”*
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