Ted Cruz Leading Obamacare Repeal But No One Is Following
[su_right_ad]Texas Senator Ted Cruz likely believes this will stir up the base to support him for a 2016 presidential run. But that seems unlikely.
But even his fellow conservatives aren’t all jumping on board – a sign that the Republican repeal or bust movement is struggling while Obamacare continues to enroll millions of people with health insurance.
While Cruz wants to use a draconian budget measure to repeal Obamacare with just 51 votes in the Senate, he looks to be increasingly out on a limb. Utah Republican Mike Lee, a leader in the conservative movement, isn’t sold on the so-called budget reconciliation procedure to gut the law. Rand Paul says he’s for repeal but is hedging on exactly how to do it.
Mitch McConnell, who may enjoy a 54 vote Senate Republican majority by January, won’t commit to using the simple majority vote to kill Obamacare. And none of the Republican 2016 presidential candidates are pushing hard for the more radical Senate procedures to repeal the health care law…
If the Republicans decide to declare all-out war, as Cruz wants, they could set up a simple majority vote on repeal under the budget reconciliation rules. The upside of this move is that it would get to Obama’s desk — and he would veto it, which is exactly what many conservative activists want. The downside, however, is significant: Such a move would quickly dominate the Senate, divide Republicans and become a PR disaster.[su_csky_ad]
Carla Akins November 12th, 2014 at 3:24 pm
I’m wondering what other desperate ideas he has up his sleeve. He’s an ambitious man, and desperation makes people do awful things.
tiredoftea November 12th, 2014 at 3:24 pm
“Such a move would quickly dominate the Senate, divide Republicans and become a PR disaster.”, just like the disaster that helped them to regain control of the Senate and increase their lead in the House. Dems should engineer such disasters!
rg9rts November 12th, 2014 at 4:24 pm
Then the gopee could get to the main issue and repeal Social Security.
tiredoftea November 12th, 2014 at 5:16 pm
Paul Ryan wants to get to that right after he dismantles Medicaid.
Budda November 12th, 2014 at 4:17 pm
I keep hearing how smart this Princeton alum is and yet he is always wrong. So he either is not so smart or else he’s delusional ( I’m going with the latter).
rg9rts November 12th, 2014 at 4:23 pm
What if they gave a war and no one came??
Obewon November 12th, 2014 at 7:37 pm
Every senator except Teabola Cruz finally figured out impossibly repealing the ACA requires $1.5 T in budget cuts, to offset CBO’s ObamaCare $1.5 trillion Federal deficit reductions. That’s why 85% of ACA funding is nondiscretionary with just 15% congressional oversight of local state HC clinic early disease detection and prevention.
allison1050 November 14th, 2014 at 6:44 pm
I say let them go for it..