October 10th, 2013
05:40 PM ET
7 years ago
Republican congressman: Defunding Obamacare is 'off the table'
Washington (CNN) - In one week, the Treasury will run out of cash to pay its bills if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling. House Republicans are now offering a six-week extension of federal borrowing to avoid that scenario.
But what about the government shutdown – the consequence of inaction on federal spending and bitter partisan warfare over Obamacare that has gripped the nation since last Tuesday and shows no sign of ending?
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Newsflash: It was never ON the table in the first place, dillhole.
Lesson for Dems: don't cave to rebellion, and WE WIN.
I wonder if we default, and the rest of the world falls into chaos, would our shuttered factories be forced to reopen?
"But what about the government shutdown – the consequence of inaction on federal spending and bitter partisan warfare over Obamacare that has gripped the nation since last Tuesday and shows no sign of ending?"
Ah, yes. The media manufactured hoopla that was never going anywhere to begin with? No doubt another "crisis" will emerge ... courtesy of the media. The Brothers-Koch will insist on it.
Good... let it go... but in a year they will stop calling it Obamacare... they won't want anything to do with it...
“We get that” approval ratings for Republicans are horrific, said Lankford. “The people in our districts, I can tell you, don't want to do a government shutdown, neither do we.”
Newsfash #2. We are IN a Republican induced shutdown.
So to summarize:
The shutdown never was about the ACA
The GOP never did settle on a reason to shutdown the government it just did it....
The GOP wants to do this again in another few weeks (a Merry Christmas shutdown?! Really!?)
The one thing we really do know for sure- the GOP is a whole lot less popular than it was 10 days ago, and the next "autopsy" conducted by Mr. Priebus as he tries to bring meaning to the GOP will be very, very interesting indeed.
@DisgustedRetiree:
If we default, the Red Chinese will sell their holdings of our debt and/or call it in at Weimar-hyperinflationary rates, while our prisons will be turned into extermination camps. Our shuttered factories will be opened as FEMA camps to house our newest slave labour force made up of people who cannot service their consumer debt as they work to pay off the Chinese.
See, PPACA enactment is a Law. President signed. Upheld by SC. Hon'ble chief justice John Roberts admitted this. What is the problem, then? Nothing.
Why? It will bankrupt America if allowed to go forward, so you will accomplish nothing by allowing it to go forward.
disgusted retiree
I wonder if we default, and the rest of the world falls into chaos, would our shuttered factories be forced to reopen?
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Most have been closed for so long, everything inside is obsolete. We'd need people from india and china to build and run the equipment.
As far as I'm concerned voting for republicans in 2014 and 2016 is off the table. Next he'll do a Charlie Sheen, "Winning!"
@disgusted retiree–Probably not, but we might find ourselves on the losing end of a WWIII. Which is what the GOTP would really like anyway.
It is about time! It is a law now and has been up held by the Supreme Court. Taking on any law should be done not during a budget negotiation.
"There are reportedly enough votes to pass a “clean” funding bill to refill federal coffers – one that would not include big Republican demands that the president’s signature healthcare initiative be defunded or delayed."
Enough votes ... and yet Boehner won't let it come to the floor of the House for a vote. Why? Because he and any repub who would vote for the clean CR are wetting their panties in fear that Karl Rove and Grover Norquist, bankrolled by the likes of the Koch brothers, will "primary" them, they won't be reelected and they'll have to get off the government gravy train they supposedly despise.
Boehner and the GOP are nothing but a bunch of craven hypocrites.
Check it out: Redge Ranyard, WWII Veteran. I love his take on the current crop of repubs.
great video ! very intresting to hear that If defunding obamacare is off the table...