W.H.: Obama will veto healthcare repeal

UPI ^ | July 9, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) -- As the GOP-controlled U.S. House of Representatives prepared to vote on repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the White House said a repeal bill would be vetoed.

As with previous votes, action by the House -- scheduled for Thursday -- to repeal President Barack Obama's signature healthcare policy likely will go nowhere because the Democratic Senate won't consider it. In a statement Monday, the White House Office of Management and Budget said Obama would veto a repeal bill "because it would cost millions of hard-working middle class families the security of affordable health coverage and care they deserve. It would increase the deficit and detract from the work the Congress needs to do to focus on the economy and create jobs."

In a statement, the OMB said repealing the Affordable Care Act would mean "marketplaces where Americans could compare private insurance plans and get tax credits to purchase them would not open."

"Tax credits for small business owners who cover their employees would be eliminated," the statement said. "States would lose substantial Federal assistance under Medicaid to provide coverage for the neediest Americans."

[LibLieSlayer]

They have been trained to be dependent on government and the media is the government spokesperson.

LLS

[Puckster]

Well, maybe, on the Veto override vote, there will be a Democrat that pushes the wrong button and casts the deciding vote against Obama’s veto....it could happen!

[FlingWingFlyer]

This is why it is so important that Americans throw his goatsmellin’ ass out of the White House in November. Americans are going to have to take back their government and their country. It’s all up to them whether they fight or just surrender to the invaders.

[zencycler]

W.H.: Obama will veto healthcare repeal

Taxpayers: Voters will veto Obama re-election

[philman_36]

...likely will go nowhere because the Democratic Senate won't consider it.
Heh, heh, heh..."likely" will go nowhere, not "will" go nowhere.

What a tell!

Who's up for reelection again on the Democrat side?
SENATORS UP FOR REELECTION IN 2012
Daniel Akaka (Hawaii)*
Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico)*
Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
Maria Cantwell (Washington)
Benjamin Cardin (Maryland)
Thomas Carper (Delaware)
Robert Casey (Pennsylvania)
Kent Conrad (North Dakota)*
Diane Feinstein (California)
Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
Herb Kohl (Wisconsin)*
Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut)*
Joe Manchin (West Virginia)
Claire McCaskill (Missouri)
Robert Menendez (New Jersey)
Bill Nelson (Florida)
E. Benjamin Nelson (Nebraska)*
Bernard Sanders (I-Vermont)
Debbie Stabenow (Michigan)
Jon Tester (Montana)
Jim Webb (Virginia)*
Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island)

*Not seeking reelection in 2012

[HamiltonJay]

If republicans push a repeal now, they are engaging in political theater with no real intent to repeal it. If they are serious it is the first thing passed next year after Obama is gone.