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House GOPer: Defunding Obamacare Is 'Off The Table'
House GOPer: Defunding Obamacare Is 'Off The Table'
Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) acknowledged Thursday that defunding Obamacare is not going to be a part of the ongoing debate about re-opening the government and increasing the debt limit.
"It all started of course because House Republicans linked the complete defunding of Obamacare to government spending. Whatever happened to that? In an op-ed in USA Today today (you said), 'Republicans have asked for two things on Obamacare and one thing on the debt ceiling,' but you didn't mention defunding Obamacare. Is that just off the table now?" Jake Tapper asked on CNN.
"That's currently off the table," Lankford, chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, Tapper. "I can tell you that's where my constituents are overwhelmingly. They don't want this law to go into effect at all, but that's obviously not going to happen at this point."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-goper-defunding-obamacare-is-off-the-table
Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) acknowledged Thursday that defunding Obamacare is not going to be a part of the ongoing debate about re-opening the government and increasing the debt limit.
"It all started of course because House Republicans linked the complete defunding of Obamacare to government spending. Whatever happened to that? In an op-ed in USA Today today (you said), 'Republicans have asked for two things on Obamacare and one thing on the debt ceiling,' but you didn't mention defunding Obamacare. Is that just off the table now?" Jake Tapper asked on CNN.
"That's currently off the table," Lankford, chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, Tapper. "I can tell you that's where my constituents are overwhelmingly. They don't want this law to go into effect at all, but that's obviously not going to happen at this point."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-goper-defunding-obamacare-is-off-the-table
Someone wrote in the comments:
DEFUND BENGHAZI!
Braves Fan Mocks GOP For Shutdown: 'Just Because The Dodgers Scored More Runs...Doesn't Make Them Right'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023808973
It's official: The RW is having a meltdown
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023821387
On edit, to be clear, this clown has no pull. He wrote an op-ed? It appears these assholes are trying to appear reasonable after being called out for their hostage-taking attempt to deny millions of Americans access to health care.
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