Posted on 10/10/2013 6:54:04 PM PDT by jimbo123
House Republicans, and notably Ted Cruz in the Senate, led the fight against Obama's signature health care law. They made defunding or delaying Obamacare a demand in legislation the House repeatedly sent to the Democratic-controlled Senate, only to see it die there.
Apparently, it's now dead in the House, too.
"That's currently off the table now," Republican Rep. James Lankford said in an interview on "The Lead with Jake Tapper." "That's obviously not going to happen at this point."
Lankford did say that Republicans will now instead ask for a one-year delay on penalties for those who don't sign up for health care insurance.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Boehner caves yet again. Who is surprised? Not I.
Americans HATE RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE and will
never forget this -— and that THEY are not under it.
Whigs is as Whigs does.
We all knew the limpd*cks would cave.
Questions to ask all running for congress: would you rather be popular or fight for freedom? What in your past has supported this?
Nothing else really matters.
Republicans must be fantastic spelunkers. They are intimately familiar with caves.
Awesome. Give the entitlement class a year to get FREE doctors visits. And then let the people who would actually feel the pain and, maybe, rebel and demand this get repealed- not feel the pain for a year. This way the Free Shit Brigade gets good and hooked on more free shit.
Great idea!
So now the regime can claim the low participation is due to the penalty waiver.
I hope all you people that wanted it defunded are happy now. If this goes through the Dems do not have to defend it in November.
It’s collapsing under it’s own weight, destined to fail, and the base is screaming for Congress to put it on life support for 1 year.
Brilliant strategy
The Republicans need to refuse to do a CR or a budget at all fo 90 days at least. We need to see how this administration is going to prioritize, whether it will avoid default by paying the interest due first or will push default bu refusing to pay the interest until the limit is raised. Either way the country comes out ahead if there is also a Republican follow through. The limit should not be raised again, ever.
Americans are only minimally included in the government and losing influence daily. This is government by the elite politicians and bankers.
Old Yellow Stain strikes again.
You are so correct.. And most americans are too lazy to figure this out...
Impeachment File on Communist “B. Hussein Obama,” aka Barry Soetoro, a legal citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.
This is old Washington game. It was designed to fail. When it does they will claim it is to entwined in the economy and would cost to much to recind. The next step they would say the only way to fix it will be to go to single payer system. Then walla, the socialist win.
It better not be off the table or there are going to be consequences
The GOP is having its last hura. It’s suicide by voter.
I don’t take CNN as the gospel.
one-year delay on penalties
Oh yeah!! That will show them the true strength of the Republicans. Geez, I better not read any more. Words won’t convey the disgust I am feeling.
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