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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by inimino on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:17AM (#12911362)
I'll play: 6 is a given, 3 is on the table but wouldn't be easy. The rest range from unlikely to impossible.
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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by AndrewKemendo on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:24AM (#12911446)
3 is on the table but wouldn't be easy

It would seem with a republican congress that it would be easy. Why do you think otherwise?

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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by jansanchez on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:35AM (#12911624)
Democrats can still filibuster a repeal as republicans won't hold a supermajority in Senate.
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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by telesphore on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @12:03PM (#12912009)
Reconciliation is filibuster-proof, They don't have to repeal it, just defund it.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_...

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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by kllrnohj on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @12:12PM (#12912139)
The rest of the republic party is going to be less eager to burn everything to the ground. There's a chance that they'll choose to just ignore obamacare as there's not much to be gained by attempting to repeal it.
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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by bbctol on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:21AM (#12911407)
Why wouldn't 3 be easy, given the makeup of the Senate and House?
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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:27AM (#12911478)
The hard part will be "and here's our alternative!"
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Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President by inimino on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:42AM (#12911730)
Because it's already in place, and some of those folks in the House and Senate might want to get elected again.
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