Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), chairman of the House Republican Conference, dodged a question this afternoon about whether Republicans would try to repeal health care reform after it passes.
“If they do indeed pass this, will you then work to repeal it?” asked Fox News anchor Jane Skinner.
“I’ve been being asked that question over the last couple days, and to be honest with you, I don’t think they can pass the bill,” Pence said.
“I don’t even think we need to be talking about after they pass it, because they don’t have the votes right now,” he said.
Republicans are planning to run on repealing the bill this November, as TPMDC reported earlier this week. But Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has acknowledged that it’s extremely unlikely they’d actually try to repeal it.
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