McConnell, Boehner ‘Renewing Our Commitment To Repeal ObamaCare’
Click here for reuse options!“Looking ahead to the next Congress, we will honor the voters’ trust by focusing, first, on jobs and the economy,” the pair wrote. “[This] means renewing our commitment to repeal ObamaCare, which is hurting the job market along with Americans’ health care.”
The House of Representatives has passed countless bills repealing the president’s signature law, though thus far they’ve been symbolic votes. Now that the GOP controls the Senate, they could challenge the president to veto a bill repealing the law.
However, while the law is overall unpopular, its individual provisions poll well, and many predict McConnell and Boehner to try to weaken it piecemeal.
Sure enough, the duo highlighted “a proposal to restore the traditional 40-hour definition of full-time employment, removing an arbitrary and destructive government barrier to more hours and better pay created by the Affordable Care Act of 2010.”
That’s a reference to the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act, which requires companies of a certain size to provide health insurance to full time workers or pay fines. Critics say the provision will compel companies to force employees into part time work, while supporters say there’s little evidence to back up that fear.
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Obewon November 6th, 2014 at 14:25
If GOP’s next 54 ObamaCare repeals were a charm and repubs had 2/3 to override POTUS Obama’s Veto, then by law they’d have to find cuts replacing the ACA’s $1.5 trillion+ federal deficit reductions! That’s why 85% of ACA funding is nondiscretionary having no congressional oversight. ObamaCare is Boehner & McConnell-Proof!
granpa.usthai November 6th, 2014 at 15:09
throughout all their chest thumping ruffling feathers and cackling, I’ve not heard any of the Repubs saying anything about remaining within the parameters of ‘law’? Maybe they’ll try to buffalo the crippled Hawaiian Duck in the White House into signing Republican Patriot Act 2? – of course, if the Duck with very little quack left vetoed such an attempt, then they’d have to remain inside the confines of the law and take the time to gather enough support to override the veto -and/or – get Kliven’s lawless Kow Krew to seize power with their illegal military grade weapons?
Obewon November 6th, 2014 at 15:25
If GOP’s next 54 ObamaCare repeals were a charm and repubs had 2/3 to override POTUS Obama’s Veto, then by law they’d have to find cuts replacing the ACA’s $1.5 trillion+ federal deficit reductions! That’s why 85% of ACA funding is nondiscretionary having no congressional oversight. ObamaCare is Boehner & McConnell-Proof!
granpa.usthai November 6th, 2014 at 16:09
throughout all their chest thumping ruffling feathers and cackling, I’ve not heard any of the Repubs saying anything about remaining within the parameters of ‘law’? Maybe they’ll try to buffalo the crippled Hawaiian Duck in the White House into signing Republican Patriot Act 2? – of course, if the Duck with very little quack left vetoed such an attempt, then they’d have to remain inside the confines of the law and take the time to gather enough support to override the veto -and/or – get Kliven’s lawless Kow Krew to seize power with their illegal military grade weapons?