Here’s how Republican leaders are lying to you about claims they cannot fully “repeal and replace” Obamacare
by: JD Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Monday, February 06, 2017
al Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare, some GOP leaders, especially in the Senate, are getting cold feet. As such, they are now playing politics, and frankly, that’s not going to sit well with President Donald J. Trump, who also ran on the “repeal and replace Obamacare” platform.
In comments to CNN that were reported by The Hill, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., used language like “repair” Obamacare, because he and other GOP leaders are more concerned about the optics of repeal than they are about actually doing the right thing for the country.
As such, Johnson and others are now making excuses as to why they cannot just repeal the law as they promised.
“I think more and more people are, as they’re starting to take a look at the daunting task of how do you start repairing the damage of ObamaCare, realizing it’s not particularly easy,” he said, adding that Republicans will now have to work with Democrats to get any repeal done because of the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold.
In a word, Johnson is lying. There’s just no diplomatic way of saying this.
To prove it, we need to remember how the Democratic majority passed Obamacare in the first place. So let’s review: They did it through the budget reconciliation process. (RELATED: What new threats to your freedoms and liberties are they passing today? Find out at BigGovernment.news)
What’s that? As noted by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the process comes from the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which “allows for expedited consideration of certain tax, spending, and debt limit legislation.”
Since lawmakers never wanted partisan politics to hold up the process of paying the country’s bills, budget measures require only simple majorities in both chambers of Congress to pass; this means that in the Senate, budget reconciliation bills are not subject to the filibuster rule, requiring 60 votes to pass.
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