Monday, November 30, 2015

Obamacare repeal may finally land on Obama's desk . He would veto it, but Republicans could at least say they got it through Congress.

Politico reports:
Republicans are closer than ever to putting a repeal of Obamacare on the president’s desk.

After an all-out effort by emissaries and allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the past two weeks to woo skeptical GOP senators, Senate Republicans are moving toward a more aggressive plan to gut President Barack Obama's signature achievement through a majority-vote budget mechanism known as reconciliation. Obama, of course, would veto the proposal. But it would allow Republicans to finally say that Congress voted to overturn the health care law they've been railing against since it was signed into law nearly six years ago. Republicans have voted more than 50 times over the past five years to repeal Obamacare, with most of the attempts made in the House.


Prohibition, the Interstate Commerce Commission, Glass-Steagall , and eventually ObamaCare. Statism isn't inevitable.