January 12th! Save The Date!
Republicans have chosen the date to repeal Health Care.
Republican leaders in the new House say they’ll hold a vote next week to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
The announcement of the Jan. 12 vote by the No. 2 House Republican, Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, sets the stage for a showdown with the Democratic-led Senate.
Here’s the text of the bill. Love the opening statement. To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions
in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Hey, they left off the part about repealing Death Panels and saving Grandma!
(Original Signature of Member)
112THCONGRESS
1STSESSION
H. R. ll
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions
in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. CANTOR(for himself and [see ATTACHEDLISTof cosponsors]) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Repealing the Job- Killing Health Care Law Act’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE JOB-KILLING HEALTH CARE LAW AND HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010.
(a) JOB-KILLINGHEALTHCARELAW.—Effective as of the enactment of Public Law 111–148, such Act is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.
(b) HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTHCAREANDEDUCATIONRECONCILIATIONACTOF
2010.—Effective as of the enactment of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152), title I and subtitle B of title II of such Act are repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or subtitle, respectively, are restored or revived as if such title and subtitle had not been enacted.
What jobs does HCR kill? And since the CBO has stated that HCR saves money are the Republicans, yet again, adding to the deficit? I realize this is political theater – a way to strut their stuff to the Tea Party – but it’s being performed on a rickety stage. There’s a lot of very popular provisions in HCR, but I guess those babies will be thrown out with the bath water.
The more I think about this date, the more it makes sense. They had better move quickly before their base realizes what HCR provisions kicked in this weekend. That’s a whole lotta goodies for the I’m against government healthcare! Keep your hands off my Medicare! crowd.
Tags: Health Care Reform, Republicans
I’m not sure how long a democracy can last when some percentage of the population is committed to a policy of fucking shit up for the hell of it.
So is anyone seeing or hearing Democrats calling out this stunt? Dems are going to have to be on the case in calling out this crap, as the liberal media will continue to treat this theater with way too much reverence.
So far the Republicans are extremely committed to dumb stunts. Reading the Constitution and a fruitless HCR repeal attempt.
“You know, I think that there’s going to be politics. That’s what happens in Washington – that they [the Republicans] are going to play to their base for a certain period of time.”
I’m not sure. Does this mean that the President sees the value of playing to the base once in a while?
So Democratic majorities voted in a Republican health care plan (see: Romneycare, Newt Gingirch’s 90s HCR proposals) which the Republicans are now against because now it’s a socialist policy when it’s not coming from them. So they’re going to try to repeal the Republican health care policy and replace it with a Republican health care policy. No doubt one drafted by Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, who have experience in such matters.
(This comments section needs emoticons so I can insert a chain of :facepalm:s…)