{"id":101032,"date":"2017-03-02T18:45:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T23:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=101032"},"modified":"2017-03-02T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T23:45:03","slug":"rand-paul-protests-outside-room-republicans-hammering-aca-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/rand-paul-protests-outside-room-republicans-hammering-aca-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul protests outside room where Republicans are hammering out ACA replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – Inside a nondescript room Capitol meeting room, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee were discussing the details of a possible Affordable Care Act replacement bill. Outside, there was an unwelcome visitor: Sen. Rand Paul (R).<\/a><\/p>\n

The Kentucky senator, who has pledged to oppose any bill that does not fully do away with the ACA and its insurance subsidies, learned late Thursday morning that committee members were talking about the bill in H157, a room on the Capitol’s first floor.<\/p>\n

“I have been told that the House Obamacare bill is under lock and key, in a secure location, and not available for me or the public to view,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n

According to House Republican staff, this wasn’t the whole story. The bill, which has been workshopped and previewed in private meetings, is not ready yet. But at noon, a dozen reporters were already staking out the room – which was being guarded by Capitol Police officers. Paul and several of his staffers strolled up, toting a copier just in case the senator got his hands on the bill. Over the objections of the officers, reporters and photographers followed Paul into the tight space in front of the door to the room.<\/p>\n

“I’d like a copy of the bill,” Paul said to a House aide near the door. Told that he could not get a copy, Paul turned and faced the press.<\/p>\n

“We’re here today because I’d like to read the Obamacare bill,” said Paul, as more reporters sprinted to join the scrum. “If you’d recall, when Obamacare was passed in 2009 and 2010, Nancy Pelosi said you’ll know what’s in it after you pass it. The Republican Party shouldn’t act in the same way.”<\/p>\n

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.@RandPaul<\/a> outside the “secret office for the secret bill.” pic.twitter.com\/fY8BAVqwvd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eli Yokley (@eyokley) March 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n