Wednesday, August 21, 2013

In July 2010 GOP House leader John Boehner lied and said he'd defund ObamaCare as soon as possible. After Nov. 2010 he had more than enough votes to do so. We're still waiting for him to bring the ObamaCare defunding measure to the House floor

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John Boehner lied about his intention to defund ObamaCare. Before the Nov. 2010 election he said he was for it. After the Nov. 2010 elections, he had 100% of the votes needed to defund. For the next two years. 2011 and 2012, Boehner wouldn't allow an ObamaCare defunding bill to be brought up on the floor. He even stuck the measure in a GOP House controlled committee where it was "deadlocked" for an extended period.

8/21/13, "In 2010 all 4 members of the House GOP leadership pledged to defund ObamaCare," John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com

"Almost immediately after Obamacare passed, I started pushing the idea of cutting off the funds for it in the House. It got a little traction at the time and I went so far as to ask all four of the GOP’s top leaders in the House if they’d support cutting off the funds for Obamacare. 

Here’s what they had to say back in July of 2010.

"We are going to fight to repeal this government takeover of health care and start over with solutions that focus first on lowering costs. Cutting off funding for ObamaCare is absolutely something I support. For example, I would support moving as soon as possible to deny any funding for the estimated 16,500 IRS employees that will be needed to implement ObamaCare. House Republicans will continue to stand with the American people against this unconstitutional government takeover of health care. — John Boehner"

"Yes, without question. Republicans will use every tool available to us to repeal the harmful law. Even in the minority, House Republicans have forced votes to immediately repeal some of the most egregious provisions of the law, including a vote to repeal the individual mandate. — Eric Cantor"...

"If we are successful in repealing ObamaCare – and I’m going to work my heart out to repeal it – that would automatically – by definition – cut off the increased, out-of-control spending in the Obama-Pelosi health care bill. As House Republicans constantly told President Obama and Speaker Pelosi “We need to start over.” Once we’re back at Square One – the way things were before 
ObamaCare – we can begin a better process focused on smaller reforms that can gain bipartisan support -medical liability reform, enabling small businesses to pool together to purchase health insurance, allowing insurance to be purchased across state lines, etc. — Cathy McMorris Rodgers"

At the time, I noted Cathy McMorris Rodgers “punted” on the question, but when I ran into her at at the 2010 Smart Girl Summit in September of that year, she personally told me that despite her somewhat ambiguous answer, she was very much in favor of defunding Obamacare."...

[The 4th House member cited in the headline, Mike Pence, is no longer in the House.]

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Comment: Three years have gone by and Boehner hasn't allowed defunding to be mentioned on the House floor. Eric Cantor wouldn't say the word defund. In Nov. 2010 we gave the House the people it needed to defund ObamaCare and they wouldn't do it.

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9/29/11, "Draft spending bill would defund Obama healthcare law," The Hill, Sam Baker

"House Republicans released a draft spending bill Thursday that would cut off funding for many parts of the healthcare reform law, though the bill remains deadlocked in the Appropriations Committee."...


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7/29/13, Senator Mike Lee on Mark Levin show, mentions website to sign petition to stop funding for ObamaCare

Don'tFundIt.com




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