Sen. Cruz Offers Amendment To Defund Obamacare & Its 20,000 New Pages Of Regulations
Today in Washington, D.C. - March 13, 2013
Today, the House today is considering H.R. 890 - to prohibit waivers relating to compliance with the work requirements for the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes." Yesterday, the House passed H.R. 749 (by Voice Vote — Amending the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual privacy notice requirement and H.R. 1035 (397-17) — Requiring a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.
Also yesterday, just hours after Republicans unveiled a plan to balance the budget in 10 years to help grow our economy, President Obama told ABC News that he has no intention of balancing the federal budget. Why? Because “we don’t have an immediate crisis in terms of debt.” Whatever you say, Mr. President.
When George Stephanopoulos pressed and asked if the president’s budget will be “balanced by any point,” President Obama responded: “No.”
The Senate today agreed by unanimous consent to proceed to H.R. 933, the House-passed continuing resolution that funds the government through the end of September. It then moved to consideration of the bill and the Shelby-Mikulski substitute amendment.
This afternoon, the Senate will be voting on an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to the continuing resolution which would defund President Obama’s unpopular health care law.
The Washington Post reported yesterday, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) . . . will push for an amendment to Senate Democrats’ continuing budget resolution that would defund President Obama’s health-care bill. . . . ‘ the first amendment up on the Republican side will be an amendment by Sen. Cruz related to delaying the implementation of Obamacare until the economy gets back on track,’ . . . McConnell had signaled his support for the amendment, something the conservative wing of the party has pushed hard for.”
Speaking on the Senate floor with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) supporting the Cruz’ amendment, Leader McConnell said, “I … want to thank Sen. Cruz for offering this amendment. I offered it in the last Congress, myself. There is no way to fix this thing [Obamacare]—no way to fix it. It needs to be pulled out by its roots. . . . So far 20,000 new pages of regulations. A stack this high. Twenty thousand pages of regulations. Absolutely indecipherable. . . . And they’re just getting started. . . . Hopefully, someday, maybe even beginning with this amendment, we can begin to undo this massive mistake we made a few years ago.”
The 20,000 pages of regulations make quite the impression when stacked together and the photo, that flew around the Internet yesterday, was a massive stack of paper over 7 feet high, dwarfing the original 2,700 page Obamacare bill. And these were only the regulations that the Obama administration has published so far. Many many more remain to be published.
As the mammoth stack of regulations shows, the true scope of Obamacare is only now beginning to be seen. The AP wrote yesterday, “Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The government's draft application is now on the Internet. It runs 15 pages for a three-person family. The online version has 21 steps, some with added questions. At least three major federal agencies, including the IRS, will scrutinize your application. That's just the first part of the process, which lets you know if you qualify for financial help. You'd still have to pick a health plan. Some fear that consumers will be overwhelmed and give up.”
And today, the AP reports, “Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation's big health insurers say they expect premiums — or the cost for insurance coverage — to rise from 20 to 100 percent for millions of people due to changes that will occur when key provisions of the Affordable Care Act roll out in January 2014. Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna Inc., one of the nation's largest insurers, calls the price hikes ‘premium rate shock.’ ‘We've done all the math, we've shared it with all the regulators, we've shared it with all the people in Washington that need to see it, and I think it's a big concern,’ Bertolini said during the company's annual meeting with investors in December. . . . The price increases are a downside of President Barack Obama's health care law, which is expected to expand coverage to nearly 30 million uninsured people. The massive law calls for a number of changes that cause premiums for people who don't have coverage through a big employer to rise next year — a time when health care costs already are expected to grow by 5 percent or more . . . ”
As Leader McConnell said, “This bill will be too expensive, it won’t do what it promised. Every day we’re seeing further proof of that . . . I applaud Sen. Cruz for offering this amendment, I strongly support his efforts . . . . We need to get this bill off the books and straighten our country out and this [amendment] would be a big step in the direction of achieving that.”
Note the ARRA News previously shared that The Federal Reserve said Obamacare will cost jobs.
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Today, the House today is considering H.R. 890 - to prohibit waivers relating to compliance with the work requirements for the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes." Yesterday, the House passed H.R. 749 (by Voice Vote — Amending the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual privacy notice requirement and H.R. 1035 (397-17) — Requiring a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.
Also yesterday, just hours after Republicans unveiled a plan to balance the budget in 10 years to help grow our economy, President Obama told ABC News that he has no intention of balancing the federal budget. Why? Because “we don’t have an immediate crisis in terms of debt.” Whatever you say, Mr. President.
The Senate today agreed by unanimous consent to proceed to H.R. 933, the House-passed continuing resolution that funds the government through the end of September. It then moved to consideration of the bill and the Shelby-Mikulski substitute amendment.
This afternoon, the Senate will be voting on an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to the continuing resolution which would defund President Obama’s unpopular health care law.
The Washington Post reported yesterday, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) . . . will push for an amendment to Senate Democrats’ continuing budget resolution that would defund President Obama’s health-care bill. . . . ‘ the first amendment up on the Republican side will be an amendment by Sen. Cruz related to delaying the implementation of Obamacare until the economy gets back on track,’ . . . McConnell had signaled his support for the amendment, something the conservative wing of the party has pushed hard for.”
Speaking on the Senate floor with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) supporting the Cruz’ amendment, Leader McConnell said, “I … want to thank Sen. Cruz for offering this amendment. I offered it in the last Congress, myself. There is no way to fix this thing [Obamacare]—no way to fix it. It needs to be pulled out by its roots. . . . So far 20,000 new pages of regulations. A stack this high. Twenty thousand pages of regulations. Absolutely indecipherable. . . . And they’re just getting started. . . . Hopefully, someday, maybe even beginning with this amendment, we can begin to undo this massive mistake we made a few years ago.”
The 20,000 pages of regulations make quite the impression when stacked together and the photo, that flew around the Internet yesterday, was a massive stack of paper over 7 feet high, dwarfing the original 2,700 page Obamacare bill. And these were only the regulations that the Obama administration has published so far. Many many more remain to be published.
As the mammoth stack of regulations shows, the true scope of Obamacare is only now beginning to be seen. The AP wrote yesterday, “Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes. The government's draft application is now on the Internet. It runs 15 pages for a three-person family. The online version has 21 steps, some with added questions. At least three major federal agencies, including the IRS, will scrutinize your application. That's just the first part of the process, which lets you know if you qualify for financial help. You'd still have to pick a health plan. Some fear that consumers will be overwhelmed and give up.”
And today, the AP reports, “Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation's big health insurers say they expect premiums — or the cost for insurance coverage — to rise from 20 to 100 percent for millions of people due to changes that will occur when key provisions of the Affordable Care Act roll out in January 2014. Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna Inc., one of the nation's largest insurers, calls the price hikes ‘premium rate shock.’ ‘We've done all the math, we've shared it with all the regulators, we've shared it with all the people in Washington that need to see it, and I think it's a big concern,’ Bertolini said during the company's annual meeting with investors in December. . . . The price increases are a downside of President Barack Obama's health care law, which is expected to expand coverage to nearly 30 million uninsured people. The massive law calls for a number of changes that cause premiums for people who don't have coverage through a big employer to rise next year — a time when health care costs already are expected to grow by 5 percent or more . . . ”
As Leader McConnell said, “This bill will be too expensive, it won’t do what it promised. Every day we’re seeing further proof of that . . . I applaud Sen. Cruz for offering this amendment, I strongly support his efforts . . . . We need to get this bill off the books and straighten our country out and this [amendment] would be a big step in the direction of achieving that.”
Note the ARRA News previously shared that The Federal Reserve said Obamacare will cost jobs.
Tags: budgets, defund obamacare, cut spending, debt, burden of debt To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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