Posted on 01/22/2011 8:33:05 AM PST by re_tail20
Democrats are deriding last night's House vote to repeal ObamaCare as "symbolic," and it was, but that is not the same as meaningless. The stunning political reality is that a new entitlement that was supposed to be a landmark of liberal governance has been repudiated by a majority of one chamber of Congress only 10 months after it passed. This sort of thing never happens.
More House Members—245 in total—voted to rescind the new entitlement than the 219 Democrats who voted to create it last March. That partisan majority narrowly prevailed over all 178 Republicans and some 38 Democrats. The three Democrats who favored repeal yesterday confirmed the bipartisan opposition to the kind of vast new social program that historically has been built on a national bipartisan consensus.
Republicans across the country campaigned on repeal last year, and yesterday's vote showed refreshing respect for the often invoked, rarely consulted American people. Meanwhile, six additional states have asked to join the momentous constitutional challenge to ObamaCare in Florida, bringing the total to 26, plus Virginia's separate suit. A majority of states resisting this mandate is another "symbolic" threshold.
It's also telling that even many Democrats are now bowing to the public mood, conceding that the law needs fixing even if they oppose outright repeal. No less than President Obama declared that "I'm willing and eager to work with both Democrats and Republicans to improve the Affordable Care Act. But we can't go backward." House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday that Democrats are "open to better ideas."
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***The Repeal Vote - An historic repudiation of an entitlement that is only 10 months old.****
Anyone remember the Catastrophic Health Care act that was passed in 1988 and repealed in 1989?
http://www.answers.com/topic/medicare-catastrophic-coverage-act
Historic, indeed and only a complete repeal will suffice.
No tinkering.
This is the 15 MEMBER UNELECTED DEATH PANEL IN THE STIMULUS BILL!
Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research Membership Recovery Act Allocates $1.1 Billion for Comparative Effectiveness Research LINK
Obamacare and Taxes: The Final Tab (ATR.org)
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Dr. David Janda explains rationing and why
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Obamacare Endgame: Doctors Will be Fined or Jailed if they Put Patients First by Dr. Elaina George
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Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan
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I predict that the youth produce will be more popular among leftists. The older stuff gets caught in the teeth ya know...
Great quote. Thanks for posting.
A Democratic Congress passed that to the outrage of seniors... It was quickly repealed the following year.
One way or another Obamacare is dead because the American people don’t want it. If they wanted to keep it, the Democrats would still have their large congressional majorities today.
That fact has to register with every Red State Democrat who voted for that law.
“Historic, indeed and only a complete repeal will suffice.”
I would love to see it pass the Senate and then Barry have to veto it on TV in front of God and everyone. Priceless!
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