Posted on 07/09/2012 9:22:27 PM PDT by Nachum
The House will hold five hours of debate on Tuesday and Wednesday on legislation that would completely repeal the 2010 healthcare law, which is being called up by Republicans in light of the Supreme Court's decision that the individual health insurance mandate is constitutional. The House Rules Committee approved a rule late Monday setting out the lengthy debate on a bill that is expected to pass with Republican support, but very little if any Democratic support. The Repeal of Obamacare Act, H.R. 6079, was formally introduced by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Monday.
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I know it won’t make it past Obamanation..but I am glad they are doing it.
Send the message to the electorate! Here is the deal! Vote R!
What’s the debate for?
The cameras, what else?
Sound bites for the upcoming election.
Repeal the whole thing or it will turn into a cancer for everyone including politicians.
“WH Warns Veto...”???
Is anyone still aware of the fact that a veto can, and sometimes SHOULD, be overturned? The House can do THAT too. But they won’t. No matter how much we scream at them.
If it gets to the Senate, rats like McCaskil will have their votes recorded one way or another and coward McCaskil (Mo) has been running hard and scared from Obamacare ever since she voted for it, there are other rats in the same position who are up for reelection in Nov.
Cantor and Boner need to quit acting like a couple of Pussies. Schedule the vote and separate the Sheep from the Goats!
“The cameras, what else?”
Too true, this all just political theater. If they were serious they would impeach Roberts.
Any politician who votes “NOT” to repeal Obamacare has signed their losing re-election bid. Plus they will be on record....they will go down! Down>....into the gutter.
Reid will prevent any vote on this in the Senate.
Good point!
What a tell!
Who's up for reelection again on the Democrat side?
SENATORS UP FOR REELECTION IN 2012
Daniel Akaka (Hawaii)*
Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico)*
Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
Maria Cantwell (Washington)
Benjamin Cardin (Maryland)
Thomas Carper (Delaware)
Robert Casey (Pennsylvania)
Kent Conrad (North Dakota)*
Diane Feinstein (California)
Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
Herb Kohl (Wisconsin)*
Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut)*
Joe Manchin (West Virginia)
Claire McCaskill (Missouri)
Robert Menendez (New Jersey)
Bill Nelson (Florida)
E. Benjamin Nelson (Nebraska)*
Bernard Sanders (I-Vermont)
Debbie Stabenow (Michigan)
Jon Tester (Montana)
Jim Webb (Virginia)*
Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island)
Why is this inaccurancy constantly repeated without being contested?
Why is this inaccurancy constantly repeated without being contested?
What, in your opinion, is inaccurate about it?
Well according to Wikipedia there are currently 433 members of the House. Two thirds of 433 is 289. From the same source there are 242 GOP members of the House. 289 - 242 = 47 Dims would have to vote for the bill to over ride the veto. Do you third there are 47 Dims who would vote to override?
The individual health care mandate was not declared Constitutional. Roberts had to rewrite the wording to make the mandate a tax so that the AHCA could be declared Constitutional. That's why Ginsberg dissented with Roberts' opinion.
I'm sure you knew that, right?
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