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Reuters does a little summary here.
To each his own in analyzing it. I think people are well advised to always keep in mind that you can't outright submit a bill to repeal it or defund it and expect it to go into law because Obama has veto power. That was the lobster trap the republicans agreed to walk into last January when they agreed to let the dems move toward implementing it while telling the public it could be modified later. Really frigging, frigging dumb.
Having said that , I dont agree completely with the Reuters view about whether congress can defund it or not. I agree with their party line answer that a new bill would be vetoed but an angry congress controlled by republicans who think they are backed the people can still do some real damage to it.
First of all, not everything in Obamacare has been worked out to the point where the dems believe it could be implemented without any additional legislation as we go along. That has to get past the house and it won't. Obama can veto a bill intended to overturn existing legislation but anything new still needs to make it past a majority vote.
Second, and this is nasty but it is coming, Congress always has the ability to hold up any and all new legislation regardless of whether it is related to health reform or not unless the dems change part of the health reform bill. The dems beat their chest and say Obama has veto power. The repubs retort is "oh yeh, you want to see the whole government shut down because we didnt pass your annual budget then you change X,Y, Z. Nasty? You bet. Likely to happen. Indeed. Some version of it. And let us remember when it comes time for the dems to cry foul play, they are the ones who passed the bill through reconciliation and told the repubs to stick it up their bo-bo. Don't expect the pubs to be thinking about fair play after Pelosi and Obama made them look like the *** suckers that they were in January.
Change you can believe in.
Here is the Reuters view anyway, my editorial comments aside.
Q+A: Can the healthcare overhaul be repealed? | Reuters
To each his own in analyzing it. I think people are well advised to always keep in mind that you can't outright submit a bill to repeal it or defund it and expect it to go into law because Obama has veto power. That was the lobster trap the republicans agreed to walk into last January when they agreed to let the dems move toward implementing it while telling the public it could be modified later. Really frigging, frigging dumb.
Having said that , I dont agree completely with the Reuters view about whether congress can defund it or not. I agree with their party line answer that a new bill would be vetoed but an angry congress controlled by republicans who think they are backed the people can still do some real damage to it.
First of all, not everything in Obamacare has been worked out to the point where the dems believe it could be implemented without any additional legislation as we go along. That has to get past the house and it won't. Obama can veto a bill intended to overturn existing legislation but anything new still needs to make it past a majority vote.
Second, and this is nasty but it is coming, Congress always has the ability to hold up any and all new legislation regardless of whether it is related to health reform or not unless the dems change part of the health reform bill. The dems beat their chest and say Obama has veto power. The repubs retort is "oh yeh, you want to see the whole government shut down because we didnt pass your annual budget then you change X,Y, Z. Nasty? You bet. Likely to happen. Indeed. Some version of it. And let us remember when it comes time for the dems to cry foul play, they are the ones who passed the bill through reconciliation and told the repubs to stick it up their bo-bo. Don't expect the pubs to be thinking about fair play after Pelosi and Obama made them look like the *** suckers that they were in January.
Change you can believe in.
Here is the Reuters view anyway, my editorial comments aside.
Q+A: Can the healthcare overhaul be repealed? | Reuters
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