Washington (CNN) - The House of Representative is set to vote on a repeal of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul this week, fulfilling a campaign promise of congressional Republicans and setting up a clash with the White House and Senate Democrats.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/17/health.care/index.html?hpt=T1
On Wednesday the House is scheduled to vote on a repeal of the health care overhaul, however it is believed that this repeal has very little chance of actually passing the Democratic Senate. Republicans have acknowledged these chances, however have indicated there will be attempts to either defund portions of the measure of even eliminate specific provisions in the upcoming months. Besides changing some of the small business issues requiring all this extra work, what issues do you think the Republicians are going to focus their efforts on? What issues do you think are most realistic to repeal?
This article also brings up that there are "promises of a more civil discourse in the wake of the shootings may cause some representatives to tone down their rhetoric over what continues to be a sharply polarizing and emotional issue. I personally think that it's kind of sad that it takes this tragic shooting for republicans and democrats alike to tone down their rhetoric actions. Do you think it is better to have a more civil debate? Is it more efficient?
*Just a heads up, this is my topic for Tuesday. I have a lot of stuff to do tomorrow so I figured I would get this out of the way tonight.
-Matt
The Republican party is wasting public resources by trying to pass a revised health care plan when they know it will not pass the senate or the president for that matter. Wouldn't these resources be put to better use to pass legislature to promote small business?
ReplyDeleteWell, according to Boehner, "repealing the job crushing health care law is critical to boosting small business job creation and growing the economy." So, in a sense, these resources that are used to try to pass a revised health care plan might be going towards promoting small businesses after all. In terms of toning down the rhetoric, I think it will most likely make the debate much more effective and efficient. In my opinion, it's much easier to understand and even consider an opposing argument when it is relayed to you in a respectful manner as opposed to rude and violent discourse.
ReplyDeleteAmen Kaitlin.. Both sides of an argument should be voiced in a possitive manner rather than distastful sladering. There are a lot of examples that come to mind when one side spends more effort bashing their opponet instead of standing up for their own argument! I find this very unappealing in is a large deterrent to voters everywhere. It gives our representitives a poor reputation and should be cleaned up!
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