Of course they will. They’re not suicidal. They’ll pass a 60-day extension, and Obama will have to sign. That will give them time to come up with a bill that will radically change the ACA, and pass that.
Then Obama will have a choice of yielding to what the Republicans want, or leaving millions of people without health insurance. Either way, they’ve got him right where they want him.
Harry Reid and his troops will filibuster any revisions to Obamacare the Republicans write. Obama will have the Repubs where he wants them. Any sob stories will be blames on the repubs. And then the repubs will fold and acquiesce to Reid.
In the first place, if a law has been ruled unconstitutional then they can't extend it. Unconstitutional is unconstitutional and that's the end of it.
In the second place, Congress come up with a bill to change the ACA in 60 days? Seriously? I doubt the Republicans could unite behind a solution within 60 days much less obtain closure and pass it through the Senate.
“Then Obama will have a choice of yielding to what the Republicans want, or leaving millions of people without health insurance. Either way, they’ve got him right where they want him.”
That’s what we always think. Yet they cave every time. Even when in the majority, they act as if they are the minority party.