Let the horse trading for votes begin… How many backroom deals for AHCA votes will lead other “special” interests being passed – PB/TK
Scramble for GOP healthcare votes suddenly puts Cuba policy in play – By Patricia Mazzei and Nora Gámez Torres March 22, 2017
The showdown in Congress over House Republicans’ healthcare bill might have nothing to do with Raúl Castro — if it weren’t for Miami.
Thursday’s planned vote on the American Health Care Act is so razor tight that House GOP leaders and the White House are leaning hard on every single shaky Republican for their support. One of them: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami, whose foremost want is to overturn the Obama administration’s Cuba opening — and who has recently taken it upon himself to outline a possible Cuba policy for the Trump administration.
Perhaps Diaz-Balart and the White House would engage in a little old-fashioned horse trading — a “Yes” vote on healthcare for swift action on Cuba?
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