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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-03-10 02:10 PM
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New anti-Health care reform strategy by Repubs - defund sections of the law!!
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40536.html


Republicans may not be able to repeal the Democrats’ health care reform law next year, but they’re eyeing the next best thing: denying the Obama administration the money it needs to implement the law.


GOP candidates across the country are running on a promise to repeal the law. But simply winning the House and Senate wouldn’t get them there; they'd need to corral two-thirds majorities to overcome what would be an almost certain veto from President Barack Obama.


Resigned to that fact, Republicans are now readying a campaign trail message that voters should grant them the power of Congress’s purse strings so that they can choke off funding for the law.

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Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40536.html#ixzz0vZVStG2K


NOW DO YOU SEE WHY I WANT TO PUT THE REPUBS IN THAT STATIC KILL OF THE DEEP WATER HORIZON WELL? A GOOD IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME!!!




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