217 Republicans voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with what amounts to a tax cut for the rich and a bill to reduce Medicaid and Public Health.
Here are our top targets to remove from office....low hanging fruit to beat...the 14 GOP Reps in Congressional Districts which Hillary won who voted Yes.
9 other GOP Reps are also endangered because Hillary won their districts but they had the good sense to vote No.
The removable 14 are:
| Clinton Districts | Yes | No | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 14 | 9 | ||
| CO-6 | Mike Coffman | N | ||
| FL-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | N | ||
| NJ-7 | Leonard Lance | N | ||
| NY-24 | John Katko | N | ||
| PA-6 | Ryan A. Costello | N | ||
| PA-7 | Patrick Meehan | N | ||
| TX-23 | Will Hurd | N | ||
| VA-10 | Barbara Comstock | N | ||
| WA-8 | Dave Reichert | N | ||
| AZ-2 | Martha E. McSally | Y | ||
| CA-10 | Jeff Denham | Y | ||
| CA-21 | David Valadao | Y | ||
| CA-25 | Steve Knight | Y | ||
| CA-39 | Ed Royce | Y | ||
| CA-45 | Mimi Walters | Y | ||
| CA-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Y | ||
| CA-49 | Darrell Issa | Y | ||
| FL-26 | Carlos Curbelo | Y | ||
| IL-6 | Peter Roskam | Y | ||
| KS-3 | Kevin Yoder | Y | ||
| MN-3 | Erik Paulsen | Y | ||
| TX-7 | John Culberson | Y | ||
| TX-32 | Pete Sessions |
Another House Republican who needs to leave office sooner rather than later is Tom MacArthur, NJ-3 , who wrote the notorious MacArthur Amendment which -- gasp at this --exempts the Congress from the horrendous bill they just passed.
He is also the author of a second MacArthur Amendment.
You probably know insurers no longer have to charge the same price to everyone regardless of their health history, as they did under the Affordable Care Act. That would, in practical terms, end a key protection for people with preexisting conditions.
In specific, it is the second MacArthur Amendment which allows states to obtain a waiver from the Health and Human Services Department to charge customers with preexisting conditions more than other people. If HHS did not respond to a state's waiver request within 60 days, the requested change would automatically go into effect.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Lujan issued a statement blasting MacArthur for his role in creating the ACA replacement bill.
"Make no mistake about it: MacArthur must face the music, look his constituents in the eye, and answer for the mess he created. There is no question that this bill will cause incredible pain for hardworking Americans, particularly those fighting to make ends meet, and this vote will haunt MacArthur through Election Day."
Let us all vow to make this happen. America counts on us.###
May 5, 2017
Addendum. If you want the full breakdown of how members of Congress voted on this abomination , click here.