Posted on 01/18/2011 2:43:12 AM PST by markomalley
As one of the first acts of this 112th Congress, the House is due to pass language I introduced to repeal Obamacare: “as if such Act had not been enacted.”
This legislation would validate the strategy for repeal that I have been advancing since the day the law was signed. It will also set the stage for the next component of my repeal strategy: the inclusion of language in every appropriations bill to prevent federal funds from being used to implement or enforce any of Obamacare’s provisions.
When Obamacare passed last March, I immediately introduced a bill to repeal this unconstitutional law. My bill offered a “clean” repeal — not weighed down by any replacement language.
I knew that repeal supporters would need strength in numbers to succeed. I saw no merit in adopting a strategy that would be diminished by disagreements over specific aspects of replacement policy and, therefore, artificially reduce our totals.
Last summer, I began working on the second phase of my repeal strategy. I began gathering signatures on a discharge petition — to force a vote on my repeal bill. Not only did the discharge petition exceed expectations by attracting a bipartisan group of 173 signatures, but every member of the House Republican leadership signed it.
With such strong support, it was clear that my strategy was working. It also set the stage for the inclusion of my repeal language in H.R. 2, the repeal legislation that the leadership brought to the floor and that the House is set to pass.
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Good. Keep the pressure on.
No money for anything but essential services until repeal.
THEN, fund only a few things. ie no EPA, DOEd, etc. Make the fight about what to start paying for - not what to cut.
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The Republicans? I doubt it. They are going to be too busy cuddling with the Crats at the State of the Union fiasco.
I hope I haven’t missed any articles to the effect that other than the RINO’s the Repubs are going to remain separate, and not intermingle with the Dems. I’d sure be disappointed if they did.
In a way it would be good for the RINO’s to go ahead and do that intermingling thing with the Dems, and admit their RINOcity. They’ll deserve what they get the next election cycle they are up for the....uh oh, can’t use such metaphors as “axe”, nowadays can we.
Nobody axed my opinion about it but I'd say its ok.
Prediction . . if and when the Democrats ever regain the majorities, they will come into the chambers early, all sit together; then the Republicans will come in expecting to sit together, only to find that they’ve once again been buffaloed. It’s funny the Democrats didn’t have this bright idea in 2008.
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