Posted on 07/04/2012 6:30:33 AM PDT by IbJensen
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters outside the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on June 26. On Monday, McConnell said the odds were against repealing Obamacare. Photo Credit:AP/J. Scott Applewhite
It's on his to-do list, but U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the odds are against repealing the health care law championed by President Barack Obama.
The Kentucky Republican said Monday it's hard to unravel something of the magnitude of the 2,700-page health care law, WHAS-TV reports.
"If you thought it was a good idea for the federal government to go in this direction, I'd say the odds are still on your side," McConnell said. "Because it's a lot harder to undo something than it is to stop it in the first place."
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U.S. Constitution, Article 3 Section 2:
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;-- between a State and Citizens of another State,--between Citizens of different States,--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.
I appreciate his coming out of the gate swinging hard however for the best of us all, it's time for him to tone down the rhetoric a wee bit now and not lose any friends across the isle.
Things will never change till the whole GOP leadership structure is razed and rebuilt from the ground up without juniors and seniors.
Mitch should resign.
The other senator from KY would make a better majority leader.
Well Bich, then let the revolution begin.
Just do it!!!!
Just do it!!!!
ObamaCare will have to be defeated in bits & pieces, as individual issues with it are challenged as implementation begins. If it is a tax, can it be levied against tax-exempt institutions (like religious groups)? Can exemptions (waivers) be granted to allies of the Democratic Party if it is a tax?
Preemptive cowardice.
PLEASE read this interview, posted today, between McConnell and Robert Costa of National Review:
many times I have commented that I believe GOP and Dems are on the same side and that they “choreograph” their supposed fights to make it appear they have differences.
If we have a majority of repubs in Congress, which I HOPE will be the case after Jan 1, why would it be so hard to “undo?” Total repeal may be off the table, (or maybe not), but I’ve read many blogs and comments by judicial experts who discuss a work around in the form of defunding, etc.
All this leads me to believe after McConnell’s comments, the GOP simply does not really want to do away with any of it.
I say if we end up with the majority in Congress, we need to kick azz and take names. SHUT them out of meetings, leave them off committee positions, etc. DO unto them the same way they have done unto the GOP for the past four years!
Screw em!
Nothing will change as long as we have the present two-party system.
He must think we all live in his fluffy puffy world where, in favor of dinners, golfing cordial relationships with their “esteemed colleague” we don’t care about the rule of law, our founding documents and the intefrity of our nation.
Let’s hope he’s wrong.
What a wimp and a wimpy thing to say 4th of July week.
Just finished reading it and thanks for the link.
I, along with millions, have become paranoid about these undependable RINOs. I seldom believe anything they say as they were complicit in shoving America into this pit.
We need more Ron Ron and Rand Pauls, along with an army of Steve DeMints!
... we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. ... we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air ... We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
intefrity what?
inegrity
many times I have commented that I believe GOP and Dems are on the same side and that they “choreograph” their supposed fights to make it appear they have differences.
If we have a majority of repubs in Congress, which I HOPE will be the case after Jan 1, why would it be so hard to “undo?” Total repeal may be off the table, (or maybe not), but I’ve read many blogs and comments by judicial experts who discuss a work around in the form of defunding, etc.
All this leads me to believe after McConnell’s comments, the GOP simply does not really want to do away with any of it.
I say if we end up with the majority in Congress, we need to kick azz and take names. SHUT them out of meetings, leave them off committee positions, etc. DO unto them the same way they have done unto the GOP for the past four years!
Screw em! DO not reach across the aisle to them. NO compromise. A compromise with the Dems, simply put is this-
YOU cave and give them EVERYTHING they want, you get NOTHING but rave reviews from the press calling you a maverick and visionary, then you mayyyyy get invited to a DC cocktail party. The sum total of jack squat.
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