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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitch McConnell’s mission: Degrade and destroy the Obama presidency
Mitch McConnells mission: Degrade and destroy the Obama presidencyby Paul Waldman, the Plumb Line at the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/11/10/mitch-mcconnells-mission-derade-and-destroy-the-obama-presidency/
"SNIP.......................
What Republicans are now arguing about is whether they should try to use the budget procedure known as reconciliation to repeal the ACA. Reconciliation, which is used for budget bills, circumvents filibusters and therefore requires only a 51-vote majority. The problem is that its extremely complex and can only be used on some parts of the law. But the conservatives advocating it both inside Congress from people like Ted Cruz, and outside from groups like Heritage Action arent concerned with such details.
McConnell has offered conflicting signals on whether he will ultimately go that route. And this gets at the core difference between him and conservatives: They want to storm the gates of the Obama presidency, even in a suicide mission, while McConnell would much rather try to weaken the walls little by little until the edifice crumbles.
So imagine two different repeal proposals. One occurs through the regular process. It passes in the House, just as it has fifty times before. When it moves through the Senate, Democrats filibuster it and it dies. McConnell would then say to his party, Okay, we did that. Everybody had the chance to vote on full repeal. Now lets go through the law, provision by provision, and see what we might be able to undo for real.
The second scenario goes like this: the Senate somehow manages to attach a full repeal to a budget bill and pass it through reconciliation. It goes to President Obama, who vetoes it. We then arrive at the same point.
.........................SNIP"
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Mitch McConnell’s mission: Degrade and destroy the Obama presidency (Original Post)
applegrove
Nov 2014
OP
With congress have the lowest popularity in years they have no mandate, and will self-destruct
still_one
Nov 2014
#1
Obama needs to come out early and tell the Repubs that fucking with any part of the ACA...
LostInAnomie
Nov 2014
#6
still_one
(92,216 posts)1. With congress have the lowest popularity in years they have no mandate, and will self-destruct
If they try to pull these games
applegrove
(118,677 posts)2. I look forward to seeing Obama veto/obstruct them at every turn.
still_one
(92,216 posts)4. I hope so if they try to pull this garbage
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)3. Excellent article ! Thanks A. If we can't actually make
things happen -- it will be interesting to see how the next two years play out. I am hoping they act batshit crazy. (however, they have been acting that way and people voted them in)
Cha
(297,275 posts)5. Yes.. "but, the President wanted
this "
LostInAnomie
(14,428 posts)6. Obama needs to come out early and tell the Repubs that fucking with any part of the ACA...
... will be an automatic veto. No matter how slight the change it gets vetoed. He's got nothing to lose.