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With such slim margins on the house and Senate, why do you think Republicans would be able to?
You only need simple majority to pass most bills. You need 60 votes to bypass any filibuster attempts (this is called cloture).
There's also standing that "budget neutral bills over 10 years" need less red tape before being voted on.
I think they have what they need to repeal ACA, but not enough to shut down filibustering
The filibuster is just a Senate rule, though, which they can rewrite any time they like (though usually only after an election).
The 2017 repeal effort used a budget reconciliation mechanism that is not subject to filibuster. In fact, a lot of the 2017 legislative awfulness used the budget reconciliation hack, where the Senate can change laws in order to 'balance the budget,' so long as (by convention) they don't change policy. 2017 repeal, of course, famously failed because John McCain thought they shouldn't use that process and voted against it.
They also need to not be squabbling little narcissists. That's what stopped them from repealing it between 2016-2018.
You forget that we will have a president who ignores the rule of law.
He'll issue an executive order shutting down the exchange website, minimize the exchange workforce to 0, and require everyone to apply by mail.
Red states did just this with SNAP benefits and did exactly what they intended.
You are correct. If everyone just plays along anything is possible. (Un)fortunately, the beauty of our system is the lack of playing along
In MN, they passed a lot of progressive bills with a 1 seat margin in both houses.
MN is much more functional than the US congress
Trump promised to get rid of Obamacare the first time around, it didn't happen then and I doubt it'll happen now.