Somebody once said that Americans should never see their sausages or the laws made. I suspect that a bill frequently starts out as one thing, repealing the ACA, and gets riders added like immigration “reform,” anti-gun legislation, and/or a tax on (fill-in-blank). I’ve never heard of a clean bill that didn’t have lots of objectionable pork or something socially disastrous stuck on it. So, its likely that although the bill read “A bill to repeal the ACA,” it may have had other dire consequences making it something Republicans could not all vote for.
The only way to get it repealed will be when conservatives not only take both houses, but when Democrats realize they’ll all be out if they don’t cooperate and cut the clowning.
“The only way to get it repealed will be when conservatives not only take both houses, but when Democrats realize they’ll all be out if they don’t cooperate and cut the clowning.”
The only way to get rid of it is to defund it. They’ve had the power under the Constitution since January 2011 to defund it and haven’t used it. All they had to do was submit an annual appropriations bill with no funding for ACA and stand tough. The GOP would not stand tough so the ACA continues.
Denying they couldn’t kill it is like Obama and Hillary saying they didn’t know about Benghazi. Either you are accountable or you aren’t. The Constitution gives the House authority over spending and taxes. Spending cannot occur if the House doesn’t vote for it. Time to hold the Republicans accountable and stop listening to Boehner cry.
“The only way to get it repealed will be when conservatives not only take both houses, but when Democrats realize they’ll all be out if they don’t cooperate and cut the clowning.”
The only way to get rid of it is to defund it. They’ve had the power under the Constitution since January 2011 to defund it and haven’t used it. All they had to do was submit an annual appropriations bill with no funding for ACA and stand tough. The GOP would not stand tough so the ACA continues.
Denying they couldn’t kill it is like Obama and Hillary saying they didn’t know about Benghazi. Either you are accountable or you aren’t. The Constitution gives the House authority over spending and taxes. Spending cannot occur if the House doesn’t vote for it. Time to hold the Republicans accountable and stop listening to Boehner cry.