Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reiterated to reporters on Monday that if Republicans win the Senate, they will not spend all of their time and energy trying desperately to repeal Obamacare.
He said that the GOP “would certainly be voting on things like repealing the medical device tax, restoring the 40-hour work week, discontinuing the individual mandate,” but that a full repeal is unlikely, according to Buzzfeed.
“With the president in the position that he’s in, I can’t imagine he would sign a full repeal, but there’s various parts of it that are very unpopular and we will be voting on them,” McConnell said.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who would certainly have an influence if the GOP wins the majority, told the Washington Post recently that if his party takes the Senate, they should “pursue every means possible to repeal Obamacare.”
But McConnell has already said that’s unlikely, and his fellow Kentucky Senator Rand Paul echoed that sentiment during a Monday campaign event.
“It’s gonna have to be things we can agree to,” Paul said when asked about Cruz’s comments on a repeal, according to Buzzfeed. “I’m not saying we don’t have a vote on repealing Obamacare; we should have a vote. I’m not sure how far that goes but we should have a vote on it. But I also want to pass some stuff and one of the things I think would help the country would be to bring all that American profit home and create jobs.”
“Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just do things.” -Joker, The Dark Knight
Wouldn’t it be nice if this ‘to-do’ list got viral, so people understood exactly what they were going to get with a vote for this party?
Why isn’t it out there? Why don’t people understand that this is not a drill? The house is on fire!!! The things we enjoy, in many instances, under this administration are going to be taken away because we don’t care enough to show up and say ‘no’ to this plan.
We get all that we deserve.
Indeed. They also want to repeal the entire 20th century.
Not to worry, they have a replacement plan: the 19th century.
And who the fuck is he kidding anyway? The absolute very first thing they will do is force Obama to veto a full repeal of the ACA. It’s fucking absurd that anyone could stand within 20 feet of this plutocrat prick and not vomit from listening to him spin his lies and then attack him for being so dishonest.
They won’t have the votes to stop a filibuster. I don’t think even Mitch is crazy enough to change the rules on regular legislation - he has to know that there is a good chance they flip back in 2016.