Speaker Boehner and Sen. Majority "Leader" McConnell Q&A
Hang on, Barack Obama will be gone
on January 20, 2017
From
the GOP's annual party meeting ... “I note that the word retreat seems
apropos...”
Republicans (there also) plotted a response if the Supreme
Court knocks down health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans in the
pending case. They've been tied in that knot or five years about any Obama-care
alternative (that they can't seem to muster). The Court case adds urgency for
them to find consensus ahead of a likely June ruling (could go either way,
BTW).
Paul “Marathon ” Ryan said, “We're obviously doing
contingency planning for King v. Burwell. It would be wrong not to.” Then
he added that there was no plan of action yet — but that discussions were
ongoing (ha ...).
More broadly, the GOP “leaders” had a message for rank-and-file members: “Let's govern responsibly and focus on the art of the possible.”
Paul “
More broadly, the GOP “leaders” had a message for rank-and-file members: “Let's govern responsibly and focus on the art of the possible.”
Note: They seemed to downplay expectations for
transformative changes while Obama remains president.
Translation: Wait Obama out, and hope a GOPer wins the White
House in 2016, and the GOP retrains their House and Senate majorities, and then
go all out – balls to the walls as it were with all sorts of crazy bills and
base pet projects (i.e., Koch payback if you like that word better).
Hang
on tight....it might get bumpy.
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