Posted on 11/22/2011 5:09:20 AM PST by EternalVigilance
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) says that Congress is not going to cut off funding for Obamacare or Planned Parenthood because House Republican leadership is afraid of the threat of a showdown with Senate Democrats and the president – they’re afraid that Republicans would be blamed for a government shutdown.
King said the House GOP leadership, if asked, would say that they did pass a repeal of Obamacare – and would blame the Senate, which didn’t take up the measure.
But King also said House Republicans “didn’t use the leverage that we should have used.”
“We didn’t bring up the maximum leverage because the decision was made by leadership to avoid the prospect of a showdown with the president or Harry Reid that could result in a potential shutdown of government,” King told CNSNews.com in an interview.
“And that rationale – and it wasn’t my rationale – is what brings us to this point -- that we’re still funding Obamacare to the tune of $23.6 billion dollars in the first two years, we’re trying to find $1.2 trillion in cuts, there’s $1.379 trillion in cuts that are there automatically if we just cut off the existing programs within Obamacare and resolve the problem with the Super-committee,” he said.
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He sure is. A courageous truth teller and straight shooter.
He sure is. A courageous truth teller and straight shooter.
The election of 2010 was only phase 1. We cannot get to phase 2 without phase 1. If they don’t repeal it after phase 2; then I will throw in the towel as you have done.
“Fear is the most powerful negative motivator.”
Anybody over 70, or who loves someone over 70, should be afraid:
“Mark gets an excellent call from a neurosurgeon who gives an inside look on what exactly Obamacare will do. For example, instead of patients, some people over a certain age will be considered, “units,” as they try to dehumanize patients and the care they receive.
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“Ehics panel = death panel will decide your fate. Neurological physician on Levin’s show said HHS won’t allow brain surgery for people over 70 (probably in 2014).
How do you like being called a unit rather than a person?
Mark Levin’s staff verified that the caller was who he said he was, a neurosurgeon.
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