“Unless, of course, Republicans bail Democrats out and sink the repeal efforts.”
UNLESS????
Well, let’s hope Senator Lee is correct.
I have a feeling, however, McConnell and Reid will find some other arcane rule that will thwart their efforts even if Lee is correct.
Or they just won’t do it. It’s not like following the law or the constitution is particularly in vogue with the other two branches of government these days. /only marginally sarc.
Any Republican who screws this up gets voted out next time he’s up. No exceptions!
Obama will veto this, so what is the point, other than grandstanding, as Sen. Cruz observed?
Republicans do not want to sink Obamacare. This just a show.
Ditch Mitch...
Even if it passes the Senate (which it won’t) it will be vetoed by Obama.
But I’d like to thank the Senate for treating me a like drooling moron.
at the last minute they need to add a amendment hat has Obama arrested and tried for treason. Okay maybe I am dreaming this while I am typing. bad night with mother with advanced Alzheimer’s Disease, so it will be another sleepless night!
Makes perfect political sense. The Senate knows Obama will veto the effort, and the 51 majority gives more room for party-line votes. The Senate can make noise (”we tried” by the GOP, “we tried to stop them” by the DEMs) but all for show, in light of the veto.
Meaningless symbolism.
i talk to people and it seems to me that there are a lot of very smart people who nevertheless favor obamacare out of altruism. these same people, however, seem to have no clear concept of economics, and in particular, no clear knowledge of the national debt problem and its aftereffects.
these people, i believe, are the people who keep obamacare afloat when it would otherwise sink.
further, i believe democrats know this and rely on the ignorance of economics by these people.
the way to discuss the situation with these people, i think, is to bring up greece. that is, is what is happening to greece after years of racking up debt for social programs ok? and then follow up with the question of whether it would be ok for the USA too, since the USA is apparently going in the same direction. so far, not a single liberal i have met dares answer these questions. they do not have a response because they are totally ignorant of economics? it would seem to me that an honest person would stop and think why anyone should favor obamacare if the end unintended consequence is runaway inflation, stagnation, and/or bank closures. it is because imho people have been brainwashed in our public schools to expect that the answer to all of our problems is more government spending, without regard to economic consequences.
It’ll be vetoed.
Why are we doing this again?
We need a conservative in the Oval Office. Or, alternatively, enough rats to override the man child’s veto.
Sadly this is just another show vote, because Obama would simply veto it and they wouldn’t have the votes to override it.
To stop it, they need to unfund it—and the GOP doesn’t have the balls to do that.
Big deal. Even if they pass it, Obama will veto and they can’t override that veto.
In short, they will cave.
It will not pass.
Why?
Democrats will vote against due to the Obamacare repeal.
Conservatives (Cruz) will vote against it due to the funding of the Export-Import Bank.
This will not get enough votes to pass!
The coalition to defeat it will be bigger than the geniuses who wasted their time crafting this “trap”.
Repeal of Obamacare requires 67 votes in the Senate and 291 votes in the House as long as the President is willing to veto a repeal bill.
What will the GOP do if Obama throws a wrench in their plans and signs it? I mean two months ago they were frantically trying to figure out how to extend Obamacare if the Supreme Court struck it down. Now we’re supposed to believe that they really, really want to end it immediately and completely?
Highway Bill be damned! Tricks, slyness, legal maneuvering ...hogwash! Create a Repeal Obamacare Bill, call it what it is and pass it with the majority we gave you. If you cannot do that, then we don’t need you.
is it safe to say I LOVE TED CRUZ..he started the ball rolling