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Posted on 07/05/2010 7:47:44 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Although they’ve called repeatedly for repeal of the Democrats’ new health reform law, some senior Senate Republicans have not endorsed a bill that would actually do it.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), GOP Conference Chair Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) and Conference Vice Chair Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) have all argued that the reforms — passed in March without Republican support — will hike costs and erode services, and therefore should be scrapped. Yet they haven’t signed on to their party’s repeal proposal.
That bill — just nine words long — has been endorsed by other party leaders, including Jon Kyl (Ariz.), the minority whip, and John Cornyn (Texas), who heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC).
That McConnell, Alexander and Murkowski haven’t done the same, some experts say, could erode the Republicans’ election-year message that the Democrats’ health reforms will do more harm than good.
“Unified party positions are better than divided party positions,” Julian Zelizer, a congressional expert at Princeton University, said in an email. “When the GOP is not all on board with legislation,” he added, Democrats can argue “Republicans calling for repeal are on the wrong track.”
“Equally important, in an age of party unity, when divisions like this emerge it suggests [what] pollsters are saying: there is support for the healthcare bill in red America,” he said.
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Congress is irrelevant. Any federal version of health care on its face is unconstitutional since regulating health care is not an enumerated power specifically listed in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution! The three branches operate only at the consent of the governed! The people have the final say as to how they will be governed! It is the duty of every American to defend the Constitution in the face of an out of control, tyrannical runaway government!
Perhaps these pubbies know it will be largely a wate of time to try and repeal nobamacare. He’ll just veto the bill and there’s not enough votes in Congress to override the veto.
Much better and easier to just refuse to fund it.
Thanks for nothing, Mitch, as usual.
Need new leaders!
Need new leaders!
Primary every one of their rotten hides. They either fully 100% support, without equivocation, repeal of the Obamacare debacle, or they are gone. In 2010, or in 2012, any back stabber is out.
Better to allow the bill to sit rigth now until after November. If we have enough votes in 2011 it willbe repealed if not we’ll just defind it until a new president comes in who won’t veto it.
If will be interesting to see if McC can arrange the defeat of Rand Paul on Nov. 2.
It’s not about actual repeal; it’s about showing the colors of opposition no matter what.
Back to soft tyranny we go in November, perhaps.
Vigorous and firm political action Must be taken quickly to challenge these RINOs. Petitions for recall, letter and call campaigns, popular outrage Must be forth coming, or we are lost (politically).
“. He’ll just veto the bill”
Yeah. Let’s wait until we clean out the Rats from the woodwork.
Never got a similar e-mail from him on behalf of anyone else.
Soundbites are an enemy to critical thinking.
Get rid of them and get somebody who cares about what the American People think.
I don’t think the Republican leaders in Congress (either house) know which way to turn right now. They are scared to tick off anyone — but by their inaction on this, they are already angering their Conservative base — and the Tea Party activists.
And although I think they’d prefer to leave it alone and do nothing, I don’t believe even THEY are stupid enough to believe if they take back the Senate this fall they can get away with not voting to repeal ObamaCare — EVEN if Obama just goes ahead and vetoes it. That would be fine. That would allow the States and the People to then proceed with the NEXT steps in STOPPING the travesty where the Republican Congress could not.
First, the State Legislatures (many if not most of them) could simply pass laws refusing to participate in ObamaCare, refusing to recognize or accept “federal mandates,” and denying Federal Regulators the rights or access to State records, personnel or control of healthcare insurance, information/systems or facilities as a violation of the 10th Amendment (among others). aka — NULLIFICATION
Second, the People could refuse to participate in so-called “Federal Insurance” plans and pools, or plans in which they are going to be forced, and they could refuse to pay fines with their taxes for “healthcare.” They could also refuse to cooperate with Federal/IRS Agents sent to make sure they have “purchased” the “required” insurance. aka — CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
FInally, the Congress, particularly if one or both houses go Republican, could simply REFUSE to fund ANY of the provisions for enforcing or enacting ObamaCare. Just ZERO OUT every penny meant to implement the monstrosity that Obama intends to socialize our healthcare system. Naturally, that would turn into a battle royale — and Republicans have demonstrated an historical LACK of SPINE to fight those kinds of battles. BUT, if they could FIND some GUMPTION, if the Tea Parties could descend on Washington by the hundreds of thousands again, PERHAPS then, the Republicans could summon the FORTITUDE and screw up the COURAGE to STAND for what is right and REFUSE to back down. NO OBAMACARE! NOT NOW! NOT EVER!
Okay — I’m dreaming — but MAN, wouldn’t this scenario be NICE!? We can hope and pray, right?
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