From left to right: Weeping House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
The GOP leadership in the House have proven they don't deserve the trust and confidence of conservative voters. Both Boehner and Cantor should be voted out of their districts this fall. Kevin McCarthy has chosen not to run this fall. As despicable as the Democrats are on a national level, at least you know where they stand on an issue. They don't have a problem being very candid about their positions on issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion, Obamacare, socialism, etc. Republicans, on the other hand, speak out of both sides of their mouths. During the election of 2010, they drafted a document entitled, "A Pledge to America" speaking of what they will do to eliminate the size and scope of government and to cut government waste. I've heard House Speaker John Boehner a number of times say that Obamacare will be a job killer. He at one time said that defunding Obamacare would be an option right before he became House Speaker. Tragically, he hasn't done anything of the sort.
Doug Book reports for the Western Center for Journalism that Republican leaders John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Kevin McCarthy have decided to not defund Obamacare. They are going to fully fund the federal government. What?? Why the change of heart? Defunding Obamacare isn't part of the agenda, as far as I'm concerned. Instead, the House held these "symbolic" repeal votes to strike down Obamacare, knowing fully well that it had no chance of repeal with a Democratic Senate nor a Democratic White House. However, the House has the constitutional authority to control spending. They have control over the "purse strings." The only way to stop Obamacare from going forward at least for right now is for the House to choke off funding for Obamacare. Otherwise, all this talk about repealing Obamacare is to no avail. The truth of the matter is the only thing these Congressmen care about is their own political careers and they don't possess the political will to do what it takes to stop funding of Obamacare. I have no confidence in these Republicans whatsoever.
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