ALBANY — Liberal activists in the Hudson Valley cheered when a House
vote on the American Health Care Act was canceled last week because it
didn't have enough support. Now, those activists are trying to figure
out how to use the momentum they’ve gained to challenge some members of
the state's Republican delegation who supported the failed attempt to
repeal and replace Obamacare.
“The voters in their districts know very well that they were going to
lose out under the GOP plan and that’s why there was such a public
outcry,” said Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action. She
said that Rep. John Faso, who represents the Hudson Valley, and his
colleagues who supported the ill-fated bill took a "huge political risk"
and will be coming home to "a lot of angry voters."
But Faso and others who supported the AHCA weren't the only
Republicans who took a risk. Those who said they would vote against the
bill may also feel some heat back home. Conservative Party chairman Mike
Long said that Reps. Dan Donovan of Staten Island and John Katko, who
represents Central New York, could be vulnerable to a challenge from the
right because they declined to support Republican plan.
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Source: Politico (via The Empire Report)
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