Finally, the truth: GOP congressman says, "We just simply don't know how to govern."

[kpete]

President Donald Trump, center, met with Senate Republicans in the White House on Tuesday after their health bill hit a snag.
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By Kristina Peterson and Richard Rubin
June 27, 2017 8:05 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—The Republican-controlled Congress is struggling to overcome intraparty fissures that have been expanding since the rise of the Tea Party in 2010, threatening to derail their legislative ambitions this year.

On Tuesday, Senate GOP leaders opted to delay a vote on their bill that would dismantle and replace much of former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act in the face of resistance among Senate Republicans over the bill’s policy planks.

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***“It’s almost like we’re serving in the minority right now. We just simply don’t know how to govern,” said Rep. Steve Womack (R., Ark.). “How we’ve been given this opportunity to govern and we are finding every reason in the world not to is absolutely incredible to me.”***


the rest:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intraparty-disputes-stall-republicans-legislative-agenda-1498608305

[spanone]

1. they can obstruct with the best of them....govern? naaaaaw

[MineralMan]

2. Now, if the voters would get that and refuse to

send these morons back to DC, we'll make some progress. Will that happen? Who can say?

[HughBeaumont]

3. Durrrr, because they're not about governing . . . they're about ruling.

They haven't completely defeated the Democratic process just yet. Close . . . but not yet.

[Deb]

4. There is only one reason

The majority of Republican politicians dismiss the Golden Rule. What squandering fools.

[peggysue2]

5. Duh

Womack also has ignored the fact that governing means accepting accountability. Much easier to flap you lips about 'evil' Obamacare. Truth is, President Obama spent a huge amount of his personal leverage and capital by pushing the ACA to final passage. And he received all the accompanying slings and arrows for the effort.

Republicans are too worried in the CYA department to get anything done because their various ideologies call for absolute purity. McConnell is an exception because it's all about winning for the man. Healthcare is not an important issue for him, just getting the job done to move on to the next big thing: tax reform. Because without tax reform, Republican donors have said: no reform, no money.

Governing is on the back burner to that scorching threat.

[Blaukraut]

6. That's what happens when you elect people who want to destroy government n/t