First Thing Republicans Will Do In 2016: Try To Repeal Obamacare Again

Posted by | January 2, 2016 09:40 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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They will waste even more time putting a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act on the president’s desk.

The bill undoing the president’s prized overhaul will be the first order of business when the House reconvenes this coming week, marking a sharply partisan start on Capitol Hill to a congressional year in which legislating may take a back seat to politics.

There are few areas of potential compromise between Obama and the GOP majority in the House and Senate in this election year, but plenty of opportunities for political haymaking during the presidential campaign season.

Obama will veto the health law repeal bill, which also would cut money for Planned Parenthood. The measure already has passed the Senate under special rules protecting it from Democratic obstruction. But that’s the point for Republicans, who intend to schedule a veto override vote for Jan. 22, when anti-abortion activists hold their annual march in Washington to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in 1973 that legalized abortion.

Despite dozens of past votes to repeal the health law in full or in part, Republicans never before have succeeded in sending a full repeal bill to the White House. They insist that doing so will fulfill promises to their constituents while highlighting the clear choice facing voters in the November presidential election.

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19 responses to First Thing Republicans Will Do In 2016: Try To Repeal Obamacare Again

  1. Suzanne McFly January 2nd, 2016 at 09:49

    Isn’t there some definition about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? They keep doing things like this and in November, we will be able to clean the House.

    • The Original Just Me January 2nd, 2016 at 13:55

      Have you ever heard a Dog barking all night long at nothing, same principal.

  2. granpa.usthai January 2nd, 2016 at 09:50

    yep.

    the party of the ‘blue collar workers’ will do whatever it takes to ‘insure’ the poor and permanently injured are NEVER taken kare of except through their most insincere prayers.

    KEEP AMERICA GREAT!

    VOTE DEMOCRAT 2016

    • Red Mann January 2nd, 2016 at 14:35

      Yet many of those blue collar folks will vote for Rethugs because of the appeal to their bigotry and hatred.

  3. KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 2nd, 2016 at 09:50

    These political games are proof republicans have no interest whatsoever in governing.

    • The Original Just Me January 2nd, 2016 at 13:53

      OR, Thinking.

  4. Buford2k11 January 2nd, 2016 at 10:03

    we will be seeing how the corporations want us to live in their country…we are being relegated to second class citizenship…while the few, the ugly, and the rich become much more so…

  5. tracey marie January 2nd, 2016 at 10:24

    Politics as usual, attack the “black guy in their wh” and treat women like chattel.

    • The Original Just Me January 2nd, 2016 at 13:53

      That sounds like a plan. A Really Dumb, Stupid one, but a Republican Plan just the same.

    • Red Mann January 2nd, 2016 at 14:34

      It’s the WHITE House.

      • mistlesuede January 2nd, 2016 at 17:27

        That has been the problem in a nutshell. :)

  6. rg9rts January 2nd, 2016 at 11:18

    The gopee has to be the dumbest people on the planet… 53+ times it was a failure…so much for Lyin Ryan’s leadership skills

    • The Original Just Me January 2nd, 2016 at 13:51

      Which Republican was it that said, We are the Party of Stupid ?

  7. The Original Just Me January 2nd, 2016 at 13:50

    Yipee, Yahoo, Hurrah, this is the kind of Congressional Action that we need in an election Year so that the Democrats will WIN ” BIG ! ” On Ward Christian Idiots as into the Trash Bin you GO.

  8. Red Mann January 2nd, 2016 at 14:33

    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

    Albert Einstein

  9. mistlesuede January 2nd, 2016 at 17:25

    Eddie Muenster has to appease the teabaggers for this entire election year. This will result in the most unaccomplished Congress ever. That seemed almost impossible as Boner had held the record with gusto.

  10. amersham46 January 2nd, 2016 at 19:07

    Even a 4 year old learns from his mistakes , but we are talking about GOP so that must be taken into consideration

  11. bpollen January 2nd, 2016 at 19:47

    If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try (and about 50 more “try” to follow) again.

  12. allison1050 January 2nd, 2016 at 19:50

    This will be even more interesting to see if they can muster enough votes for an override.

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