Cornyn: Obamacare Repeal Vote Should Wait

Roll Call ^ | 1/8/15

[roses of sharon]

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said he hopes his GOP colleagues hold off on a vote to fully repeal Obamacare until after Republicans have shown they can govern.

“I think it’s important that we demonstrate that we can be productive before we have the inevitable fight over repealing Obamacare,” the Texas Republican said in an interview with CQ Roll Call Wednesday. “We are going to have that vote. But my own preference would be we have it after we’ve been able to demonstrate that we can actually get some things done.”

[Made In The USA]

In down for $100

[demshateGod]

WE didn’t win the senate. Republicans did.

[WayneS]

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said he hopes his GOP colleagues hold off on a until after Republicans have shown they can govern.

Translation: I do not want my GOP colleagues to vote to fully repeal Obamacare.

[lodi90]

Reid is still running the Senate. GOP got some perks, that’s all.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

With leadership like this...

[WayneS]

Also, he fails to acknowledge that the repeal of Obamacare is one of the things they are supposed to be demonstrating they can actually get done.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Do the right thing whether he will veto it or not. Keep after it until you finally find a way to win. Cowering never won anybody anything.

[denydenydeny]

SMH. Can anyone imagine a Democrat saying such a thing?

[WayneS]

I am.

And I say, let’s MAKE him veto it.

[kevkrom]

News flash: we don’t want the GOP to “govern”. If anything, we want them to “de-govern” - to roll back the leviathan and defang or eliminate as much of the government as it can.

Not that we actually expect it to happen, of course. Not with this lot of cowards and “get along” types.

[lodi90]

He’s fishing for 60 votes on keystone. No chance. Dems will hang together and tell Mitch & Cornyn to ESAD.

[stephenjohnbanker]

No it doesn’t, and Cornyn has been in the pocket of the U.S. Chamber for years. He will do nothing to stop amnesty, and Obamacare. His overlords demand it.

[gr8eman]

Sad...already the psychobabble excuses have begun. Hopefully Ted will embarrss him for his cowardice. If he was being strategic, he would have kept his mouth shut!

[roses of sharon]

Correct, the PATHETIC Republicans won the Senate.

[Doug Loss]

“Hold off on a vote to fully repeal Obamacare until after Republicans have shown they can govern.” In other words, never vote on repeal. No one thinks Republicans can govern, anymore.

[suijuris]

Republicans have shown they can govern

What a POS! Like governing is so freakin hard! Governing is pretty straight forward if you have the Constitution as your guide.

Again signaling capitualation. Voting to repeal Obamacare is governing!

[bmwcyle]

Republicans will save us. /sarcasm

[Windy City Conservative]

They already showed they can govern and pretty badly at that, by passing CRomnibus.

[stephenjohnbanker]

The Dems and Estab Republicans divided up the pork, and went home for Christmas.

[Tucker39]

Now that you’ve expressed your sentiments; my limited “knowledge” of the honorable gentleman is very similar. A lot of wind and no performance other than gladhanding “across the aisle”.