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Republicans set to relaunch Obamacare attack in new year
washingtonexaminer ^ | Dec. 7, 2014 | Sean Lengell

Posted on 12/07/2014 8:03:22 PM PST by PROCON

Republicans are ramping up for a fresh fight against Obamacare in the new year, banking on Democratic support to repeal a key component of the law.

Republicans have slowed their anti-Obamacare drumbeat in recent months, with their success in the midterm elections, President Obama’s executive action on immigration, government funding and end-of-year business dominating the GOP agenda.

But come early 2015, Republicans will restart their push to repeal the 2.3 percent tax on medical devices that kicked in last year as part of the Affordable Care Act. And with the GOP controlling both chambers of Congress in January — and with several Democrats also calling for an end to the tax — Republicans believe such a move can be a meaningful first step in dismantling Obamacare.

The [Republican] agenda for next year will likely have low-hanging fruit — the low-hanging bipartisan issues that Republicans can begin to rack up successes in both House and Senate. And one of the first pieces will be the Medical Device Repeal Act,” said Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 113th; aca; obamacare; republicancongress
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To: eyedigress
If Obama or Reid wants to shut down the government by not passing a reasonable House bill that isn't a CR, so be it.

It's not the House shutting down the government.

/johnny

21 posted on 12/07/2014 8:27:44 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: PROCON

Well, the rest of this forum is talking tomorrow. Make up my mind.


22 posted on 12/07/2014 8:27:48 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: JRandomFreeper
I'm already working on getting a liberal republican fired in the next election.

Which one?

23 posted on 12/07/2014 8:27:51 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I don’t think it’s will, more lie desire to do it


24 posted on 12/07/2014 8:28:23 PM PST by Sybeck1
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To: PROCON
The current republican House can shut this mess down NOW. Not in January.

They don't have the will.

/johnny

25 posted on 12/07/2014 8:29:04 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: PROCON
Which one?

Why?

Worried?

/johnny

26 posted on 12/07/2014 8:29:58 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

What would that accomplish in the next 60 days or so?


27 posted on 12/07/2014 8:30:13 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: eyedigress
Shutting down funding NOW of obamacare, and amnesty would stop spending on those now.

Waiting is an excuse.

/johnny

28 posted on 12/07/2014 8:31:33 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: eyedigress
Why does there have to be a CR by the 11th?

/johnny

29 posted on 12/07/2014 8:32:50 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

You told me there was no EO signed on Amnesty.

Is this true?


30 posted on 12/07/2014 8:32:59 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: eyedigress
There has been an amnesty since obama quit deporting illegals years ago.

There was no immigration EO. That was BS.

Amnesty doesn't equal EO.

/johnny

31 posted on 12/07/2014 8:34:54 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

A lack of a CR isn’t stopping anything.

The SCOTUS will rule on Obamacare.

The Just-Us department will continue to stop enforcing law.


32 posted on 12/07/2014 8:37:12 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: PROCON

“So instead of legislation aimed at undoing Obamacare in one big swoop, a GOP-led repeal of the tax is aimed at starving the healthcare law of $30 billion over 10 years.”

THERE AIN’T NO BETTER GOP PLAN THAN A COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE, UTTERLY USELESS BULL SH!T THE PEOPLE WHO JUST ELECTED YOU PLAN, BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT NO FUTURE CONGRESS IS BOUND BY ANY ACTION OF THE CURRENT CONGRESS.

THEY AIN’T GOING TO STARVE DIDDLY SQUAT!

BUNCH OF LIARS.


33 posted on 12/07/2014 8:37:31 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Why?

Worried?

YES JRF, I ONLY WANT LIBERAL, RINO REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS, IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO, WE NEED MORE JOHN MCLAMES AND LINDSEY GRAHMNESTYS, WE NEED TO SUPPORT OBAMA SO THE MSM WILL LOVE US, I ONLY WANT TO BE LOVED, LOVED, I TELL YOU; PLEASE DON'T HATE ME, WE CAN WORK ACROSS THE AISLE, YEAH, THAT'S THE TICKET.

Sheesh dude, you don't know who your real friends are...

34 posted on 12/07/2014 8:38:26 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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To: goldstategop

it’s crazy, they seem intent on denying themselves any political gain.
So easy to pass a short CR and then come back in January and send Obama the appropriation bills they’ve already written- with a few riders. Obama couldn’t win that ‘shutdown game’ no matter how hard the media tried to help.


35 posted on 12/07/2014 8:39:16 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: eyedigress
Then why must there be a CR by the 11th?

/johnny

36 posted on 12/07/2014 8:39:56 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: PROCON
My friends don't want to make rules for me to give the liberal bastards in congress a chance.

I'm not here to make friends or be nice.

I'm here to politically destroy liberal republicans.

/johnny

37 posted on 12/07/2014 8:42:30 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: chris37

I read your pain but the GOP is not in power until January.

Even then the Executive is controlled by the wildest megalomaniac the US has ever witnessed.

Even then it is up to the majority to send bill after bill after bill to make this nut veto them and expose him to the less stupid half of his base.


38 posted on 12/07/2014 8:42:44 PM PST by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: eyedigress
Lack of funding keeps Guantanamo from closing. No funds may be used for that purpose.

/johnny

39 posted on 12/07/2014 8:43:39 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: mrsmith

They do not define political gain in the way they have led their voters to believe.

These people are completely false.

Political gain to the GOP is making their voters think they did something, when they did nothing other than advance big government.

These are bad people.


40 posted on 12/07/2014 8:44:35 PM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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