Republican senators admit healthcare overreach in shutdown As the government shutdown enters its third week, three Republican senators said this weekend that attempting to tie funding the government to repealing healthcare reform was a misstep, The Hill reports. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said his party overreached, telling Fox News Chris Wallace that repealing legislation that was central to the presidents agenda was not ... achievable, according to the article. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) on ABCs This Week said the repeal effort was unrealistic and that Republicans in Congress never had the leverage through the shutdown. The sooner this is over, the better this is for us guys, Graham added, according to The Hill. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) similarly said on CBSs Face the Nation that the shutdown was a no-win situation for the GOP. Were on a fools errand when we say were going to defund Obamacare, he said, according to The Hill. McCains remarks echoed a similar statement he made last week on CNN specifically blaming Tea Party Republicans for the situation, according to the Huffington Post. We fought as hard as we could in a fair and honest manner and we lost, McCain said, according to the article. One of the reasons was because we were in the minority, and in democracies, almost always the majority governs and passes legislation. More Americans (74% according to latest poll of 10/15/13) fault Congressional Republicans for the shutdown than blame President Barack Obama or Congressional Democrats, according to The Hill. GET WITH IT !!!!!
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 05:57:23 +0000
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