\u003C!-- // \u003C![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^https:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+\"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"); // ]]]]>\u003C![CDATA[> //-->\u003C!]]> With demands the American people be shown the bill, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stood with his Democratic colleagues in the Senate on Monday night to \"hold the floor\" as a way to draw attention to Republicans efforts to rush through their Trumpcare legislation under cover of darkness. Critics of the Republicans say their repeal and replace bill is nothing more than a massive tax break for the wealthy that would also strip healthcare coverage from millions of Americans while making it worse for nearly everyone. As Sanders tweeted: \"The truth is that this is not a 'health care' bill. This is a 'tax breaks for the rich and multinational corporations' bill.\" And: \"This health care bill will impact millions and millions of Americans. Yet we have not had one hearing. Republicans should be embarrassed.\" Outside groups like MoveOn.org, Indivisible, and Planned Parenthood Action have all been rallying against the Republican plan and urging Democrats to escalate their opposition. \"Congress wants to take away our health care--we can't let it happen,\" said Planned Parenthood Action in a message to its members on Monday. And Indivisible tweeted: \"By shutting down the Senate, @SenateDems are drawing more attention to the secrecy and speed with which the GOP's #TrumpCare is moving.\" From MoveOn.org: [twitter_embed https://twitter.com/MoveOn/statuses/876807211485417477 text=\"\\u201c.@SenatorCollins, @lisamurkowski, @SenCapito, @SenatorFischer, @SenJoniErnst: #SpeakUpForUs & #ProtectOurCare: 844-432-0883 #NotNormalNotOK\\u201d\" name=\"MoveOn\" screen_name=\"MoveOn\" id=\"876807211485417477\" created_ts=1497882104 iframe_id=\"twitter-embed-876807211485417477\" expand=1 embed_desktop_width=550 embed_desktop_height=801 embed_mobile_width=375 embed_mobile_height=674] \"What are you afraid of?\" Sanders asked Senate Republicans during his remarks on the floor late Monday night. \"Healthcare constitutes one-sixth of the U.S. economy. It impacts every man, woman, and child in our nation and yet we have thirteen Republicans--all men--working behind closed doors to produce legislation that will be brought to the United States Senate at the last moment so the American people won't know the disaster that it is.\" [facebook https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsenatorsanders%2Fvideos%2F10156039257377908%2F&show_text=0&width=560 expand=1 site_id=25320514] Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Monday it was obvious that \"Republicans are writing their healthcare bill under the cover of darkness because they are ashamed of it.\" During his remarks from the Senate floor Monday night, Schumer challenged Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to reconsider efforts to rush the bill towards a vote ahead of the upcoming July 4th recess. If Republicans refuse to relent, however, Schumer said Democrats would do everything in their power to hinder McConnell's \"dark\" and \"hidden\" process. \"This radical departure from normal procedure on a bill of such consequence leaves the Senate minority little choice but to depart from normal procedure as well,\" Schumer said. \"If the Republicans won't debate their healthcare in the open for the American people to see, they shouldn't expect business as usual.\" [twitter_embed https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/statuses/876932078239133697 text=\"\\u201cWill they #ShowUsTheBill? Will they give us 10 hours to review the #Trumpcare bill? Hard to get a straight answer from @SenateGOP:\\u201d\" name=\"Chuck Schumer\" screen_name=\"SenSchumer\" id=\"876932078239133697\" created_ts=1497911874 iframe_id=\"twitter-embed-876932078239133697\" expand=1 embed_desktop_width=550 embed_desktop_height=576 embed_mobile_width=375 embed_mobile_height=502] In her remarks, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) pushed aside the reluctance shown by some Democratic members--those who reportedly worry that too much obstruction might hurt them politically--by saying her constituents expect her to fight tooth and nail against the Republican plan which she called \"unconscionable.\" Voters in her state, said Corto Masto, tell her the same thing over and over: \"Please, do not take away my healthcare.\" It is time, she continued, for Republicans to come clean and stop hiding from the American people. \"Now, more than ever,\" she said, \"we need transparency.\" [twitter_embed https://twitter.com/SenCortezMasto/statuses/876894967003844609 text=\"\\u201cMy Senate Republican colleagues need to stop hiding behind closed doors working to repeal the #ACA. Nevadans deserve truth and transparency.\\u201d\" name=\"Senator Cortez Masto\" screen_name=\"SenCortezMasto\" id=\"876894967003844609\" created_ts=1497903026 iframe_id=\"twitter-embed-876894967003844609\" expand=1 embed_desktop_width=550 embed_desktop_height=576 embed_mobile_width=375 embed_mobile_height=526]","author":{"@type":"Person","description":"Jon Queally is managing editor of Common Dreams.","identifier":"25378338","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.commondreams.org/media-library/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8zMTk4NTAxMy9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTc2OTMyOTAxMH0.G1hcFKvv76jF8ZN3JTc0kriM5ESoD9x6t8KHS64_rJM/image.jpg?width=210"},"name":"jon-queally","url":"https://www.commondreams.org/author/jon-queally"},"dateModified":"2024-07-17T22:32:34Z","datePublished":"2017-06-20T12:30:00Z","description":"The key question posed to Republicans in the Senate: "What are you afraid of?"","headline":"To Expose 'Dark and Hidden' Trumpcare Push by GOP, Senate Dems #HoldtheFloor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","height":"600","representativeOfPage":"True","url":"https://www.commondreams.org/media-library/sen-jeff-merkeley-d-oregon-on-the-floor-of-the-u-s-senate-on-monday-night-as-opposition-to-the-republican-s-trumpcare-plan-i.png?id=32155369&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C78","width":"1200"},"isAccessibleForFree":"True","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/06/20/expose-dark-and-hidden-trumpcare-push-gop-senate-dems-holdthefloor","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.commondreams.org/","@type":"Organization","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","height":"511","url":"https://assets.rbl.ms/32373543/origin.png","width":"1501"},"name":"Common Dreams","sameAs":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Dreams","https://www.facebook.com/commondreams.org","https://twitter.com/commondreams"],"url":"https://www.commondreams.org/"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":["h1",".widget__subheadline",".social-author",".body-description"]}},{"@id":"https://www.commondreams.org/","@type":"Organization","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressCountry":"USA","addressLocality":"Portland","addressRegion":"Maine","postalCode":"04112","streetAddress":"PO Box 443"},"alternateName":"CommonDreams.org","contactPoint":{"@type":"ContactPoint","availableLanguage":"English","email":"info@commondreams.org","telephone":"+1-207-775-0488","url":"https://www.commondreams.org"},"ethicsPolicy":"https://www.commondreams.org/ethics-policy","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","height":"511","representativeOfPage":"True","url":"https://assets.rbl.ms/32373543/origin.png","width":"1501"},"name":"Common Dreams","nonprofitStatus":"Nonprofit501c3","publishingPrinciples":"https://www.commondreams.org/publishing-principles","sameAs":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Dreams","https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0010146/","https://www.facebook.com/commondreams.org","https://twitter.com/commondreams","https://www.instagram.com/commondreams/"],"telephone":"207-775-0488","url":"https://www.commondreams.org/"}]}
To Expose 'Dark and Hidden' Trumpcare Push by GOP, Senate Dems #HoldtheFloor | Common Dreams
Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.
5
#000000
#FFFFFF
Sen. Jeff Merkeley (D-Oregon) on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Monday night as opposition to the Republican's Trumpcare plan intensified. (Photo: C-SPAN)
To Expose 'Dark and Hidden' Trumpcare Push by GOP, Senate Dems #HoldtheFloor
The key question posed to Republicans in the Senate: "What are you afraid of?"
With demands the American people be shown the bill, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stood with his Democratic colleagues in the Senate on Monday night to "hold the floor" as a way to draw attention to Republicans efforts to rush through their Trumpcare legislation under cover of darkness.
Critics of the Republicans say their repeal and replace bill is nothing more than a massive tax break for the wealthy that would also strip healthcare coverage from millions of Americans while making it worse for nearly everyone.
As Sanders tweeted: "The truth is that this is not a 'health care' bill. This is a 'tax breaks for the rich and multinational corporations' bill." And: "This health care bill will impact millions and millions of Americans. Yet we have not had one hearing. Republicans should be embarrassed."
Outside groups like MoveOn.org, Indivisible, and Planned Parenthood Action have all been rallying against the Republican plan and urging Democrats to escalate their opposition.
"Congress wants to take away our health care--we can't let it happen," said Planned Parenthood Action in a message to its members on Monday. And Indivisible tweeted: "By shutting down the Senate, @SenateDems are drawing more attention to the secrecy and speed with which the GOP's #TrumpCare is moving."
"What are you afraid of?" Sanders asked Senate Republicans during his remarks on the floor late Monday night. "Healthcare constitutes one-sixth of the U.S. economy. It impacts every man, woman, and child in our nation and yet we have thirteen Republicans--all men--working behind closed doors to produce legislation that will be brought to the United States Senate at the last moment so the American people won't know the disaster that it is."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Monday it was obvious that "Republicans are writing their healthcare bill under the cover of darkness because they are ashamed of it."
During his remarks from the Senate floor Monday night, Schumer challenged Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to reconsider efforts to rush the bill towards a vote ahead of the upcoming July 4th recess. If Republicans refuse to relent, however, Schumer said Democrats would do everything in their power to hinder McConnell's "dark" and "hidden" process.
"This radical departure from normal procedure on a bill of such consequence leaves the Senate minority little choice but to depart from normal procedure as well," Schumer said. "If the Republicans won't debate their healthcare in the open for the American people to see, they shouldn't expect business as usual."
\u201cWill they #ShowUsTheBill? Will they give us 10 hours to review the #Trumpcare bill? Hard to get a straight answer from @SenateGOP:\u201d
In her remarks, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) pushed aside the reluctance shown by some Democratic members--those who reportedly worry that too much obstruction might hurt them politically--by saying her constituents expect her to fight tooth and nail against the Republican plan which she called "unconscionable." Voters in her state, said Corto Masto, tell her the same thing over and over: "Please, do not take away my healthcare." It is time, she continued, for Republicans to come clean and stop hiding from the American people. "Now, more than ever," she said, "we need transparency."
\u201cMy Senate Republican colleagues need to stop hiding behind closed doors working to repeal the #ACA. Nevadans deserve truth and transparency.\u201d
— Senator Cortez Masto (@Senator Cortez Masto)
1497903026
Common Dreams is powered by optimists who believe in the power of informed and engaged citizens to ignite and enact change to make the world a better place.
We're hundreds of thousands strong, but every single supporter makes the difference.
Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will.
Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.
With demands the American people be shown the bill, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stood with his Democratic colleagues in the Senate on Monday night to "hold the floor" as a way to draw attention to Republicans efforts to rush through their Trumpcare legislation under cover of darkness.
Critics of the Republicans say their repeal and replace bill is nothing more than a massive tax break for the wealthy that would also strip healthcare coverage from millions of Americans while making it worse for nearly everyone.
As Sanders tweeted: "The truth is that this is not a 'health care' bill. This is a 'tax breaks for the rich and multinational corporations' bill." And: "This health care bill will impact millions and millions of Americans. Yet we have not had one hearing. Republicans should be embarrassed."
Outside groups like MoveOn.org, Indivisible, and Planned Parenthood Action have all been rallying against the Republican plan and urging Democrats to escalate their opposition.
"Congress wants to take away our health care--we can't let it happen," said Planned Parenthood Action in a message to its members on Monday. And Indivisible tweeted: "By shutting down the Senate, @SenateDems are drawing more attention to the secrecy and speed with which the GOP's #TrumpCare is moving."
"What are you afraid of?" Sanders asked Senate Republicans during his remarks on the floor late Monday night. "Healthcare constitutes one-sixth of the U.S. economy. It impacts every man, woman, and child in our nation and yet we have thirteen Republicans--all men--working behind closed doors to produce legislation that will be brought to the United States Senate at the last moment so the American people won't know the disaster that it is."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Monday it was obvious that "Republicans are writing their healthcare bill under the cover of darkness because they are ashamed of it."
During his remarks from the Senate floor Monday night, Schumer challenged Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to reconsider efforts to rush the bill towards a vote ahead of the upcoming July 4th recess. If Republicans refuse to relent, however, Schumer said Democrats would do everything in their power to hinder McConnell's "dark" and "hidden" process.
"This radical departure from normal procedure on a bill of such consequence leaves the Senate minority little choice but to depart from normal procedure as well," Schumer said. "If the Republicans won't debate their healthcare in the open for the American people to see, they shouldn't expect business as usual."
\u201cWill they #ShowUsTheBill? Will they give us 10 hours to review the #Trumpcare bill? Hard to get a straight answer from @SenateGOP:\u201d
In her remarks, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) pushed aside the reluctance shown by some Democratic members--those who reportedly worry that too much obstruction might hurt them politically--by saying her constituents expect her to fight tooth and nail against the Republican plan which she called "unconscionable." Voters in her state, said Corto Masto, tell her the same thing over and over: "Please, do not take away my healthcare." It is time, she continued, for Republicans to come clean and stop hiding from the American people. "Now, more than ever," she said, "we need transparency."
\u201cMy Senate Republican colleagues need to stop hiding behind closed doors working to repeal the #ACA. Nevadans deserve truth and transparency.\u201d
— Senator Cortez Masto (@Senator Cortez Masto)
1497903026
With demands the American people be shown the bill, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stood with his Democratic colleagues in the Senate on Monday night to "hold the floor" as a way to draw attention to Republicans efforts to rush through their Trumpcare legislation under cover of darkness.
Critics of the Republicans say their repeal and replace bill is nothing more than a massive tax break for the wealthy that would also strip healthcare coverage from millions of Americans while making it worse for nearly everyone.
As Sanders tweeted: "The truth is that this is not a 'health care' bill. This is a 'tax breaks for the rich and multinational corporations' bill." And: "This health care bill will impact millions and millions of Americans. Yet we have not had one hearing. Republicans should be embarrassed."
Outside groups like MoveOn.org, Indivisible, and Planned Parenthood Action have all been rallying against the Republican plan and urging Democrats to escalate their opposition.
"Congress wants to take away our health care--we can't let it happen," said Planned Parenthood Action in a message to its members on Monday. And Indivisible tweeted: "By shutting down the Senate, @SenateDems are drawing more attention to the secrecy and speed with which the GOP's #TrumpCare is moving."
"What are you afraid of?" Sanders asked Senate Republicans during his remarks on the floor late Monday night. "Healthcare constitutes one-sixth of the U.S. economy. It impacts every man, woman, and child in our nation and yet we have thirteen Republicans--all men--working behind closed doors to produce legislation that will be brought to the United States Senate at the last moment so the American people won't know the disaster that it is."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Monday it was obvious that "Republicans are writing their healthcare bill under the cover of darkness because they are ashamed of it."
During his remarks from the Senate floor Monday night, Schumer challenged Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to reconsider efforts to rush the bill towards a vote ahead of the upcoming July 4th recess. If Republicans refuse to relent, however, Schumer said Democrats would do everything in their power to hinder McConnell's "dark" and "hidden" process.
"This radical departure from normal procedure on a bill of such consequence leaves the Senate minority little choice but to depart from normal procedure as well," Schumer said. "If the Republicans won't debate their healthcare in the open for the American people to see, they shouldn't expect business as usual."
\u201cWill they #ShowUsTheBill? Will they give us 10 hours to review the #Trumpcare bill? Hard to get a straight answer from @SenateGOP:\u201d
In her remarks, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) pushed aside the reluctance shown by some Democratic members--those who reportedly worry that too much obstruction might hurt them politically--by saying her constituents expect her to fight tooth and nail against the Republican plan which she called "unconscionable." Voters in her state, said Corto Masto, tell her the same thing over and over: "Please, do not take away my healthcare." It is time, she continued, for Republicans to come clean and stop hiding from the American people. "Now, more than ever," she said, "we need transparency."
\u201cMy Senate Republican colleagues need to stop hiding behind closed doors working to repeal the #ACA. Nevadans deserve truth and transparency.\u201d
— Senator Cortez Masto (@Senator Cortez Masto)
1497903026
We've had enough. The 1% own and operate the corporate media. They are doing everything they can to defend the status quo, squash dissent and protect the wealthy and the powerful. The Common Dreams media model is different. We cover the news that matters to the 99%. Our mission? To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. How? Nonprofit. Independent. Reader-supported. Free to read. Free to republish. Free to share. With no advertising. No paywalls. No selling of your data. Thousands of small donations fund our newsroom and allow us to continue publishing. Can you chip in? We can't do it without you. Thank you.
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER
Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.