Press Room
Jul 30 2013
Obamacare Will Only End With Full Repeal
Citing the Congressional Research Service, Dr. Coburn outlines why attempts to defund Obamacare in CR will not work
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On the Senate Floor, Dr. Coburn outlines why attempting to defund Obamacare is not a viable legislative strategy.
"You cannot design a piece of a legislation that will defund Obamacare, because the vast majority of it is mandatory spending. No matter what we do in terms of a continuing resolution, and according to the CRS (Congressional Research Service), all things would continue in terms of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act...I want to defund this bill, but I also want to do it in a way that kills it. And there is not a legislative method that we have that is capable of defunding it short of 67 votes in the U.S. Senate, short of two-thirds votes in the U.S. House. "
On a workable plan forward, Dr. Coburn said, "The only effective way to truly stop Obamacare - and I think we ought to do it, to stop it - would be to totally reverse it. We don't have the votes to do that. But we do have the votes to delay it."
"You cannot design a piece of a legislation that will defund Obamacare, because the vast majority of it is mandatory spending. No matter what we do in terms of a continuing resolution, and according to the CRS (Congressional Research Service), all things would continue in terms of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act...I want to defund this bill, but I also want to do it in a way that kills it. And there is not a legislative method that we have that is capable of defunding it short of 67 votes in the U.S. Senate, short of two-thirds votes in the U.S. House. "
On a workable plan forward, Dr. Coburn said, "The only effective way to truly stop Obamacare - and I think we ought to do it, to stop it - would be to totally reverse it. We don't have the votes to do that. But we do have the votes to delay it."
| Date | Title |
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| 7/30/13 | Current record |
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| 6/20/13 | The Rule of Law Makes This The Land of Opportunity: Secure The Border |
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