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JJC
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« on: December 06, 2016, 06:37:09 PM »

McConnell is hoping for democratic cooperation in repealing a "very, very controversial law." (While reconciliation procedures can gut most of the law, they can't get rid of every last provision or enact a replacement)

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/obamacare-repeal-coming-soon-mitch-mcconnell-232268

What an understatement.

Obama started this thing when he had a 60 vote filibuster proof supermajority and an enormous house majority, and he still couldn't get it passed. Then the MA senate election was turned into a referendum on Obamacare, thrusting a GOP senator in liberal, liberal, liberal MA.

Then dems got demolished in the 2010 midterms, loosing the house and a ton of senate seats, in an election that was largely a referendum on Obamacare.

And guess what? Dems rammed this turd though anyway, despite absolute rejection by the American electorate, passing a bill that 65% of the American people opposed.

And then there was serious constitutional ground against it, but was accepted by the SC as being okay because the fine for not having insurance was considered a 'tax' - a dubious explanation with no precedent.

Never before had we ever had such sweeping legislation passed with so little support. Disgusting, really.

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JJC
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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2016, 06:38:36 PM »

The good news is that thing was passed through reconciliation, and therefor can be repealed through the same process.
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