CNS News -- In a speech from the House floor on Friday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused House Republicans of committing an act of “brutality” in pushing through a continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the rest of the federal government after Sept. 30 but will defund Obamacare.
“Either you don’t know what you are doing or this is one of the most intentional acts of brutality that you have cooked up with stiff competition for that honor. It cuts billions of dollars again I say, from the National Institutes of Health, delaying important research and denying medical breakthroughs for future generations,” Pelosi said speaking on the House floor.
Shortly after Pelosi spoke, the House voted 230 to 189 to approve the CR that defunds Obamacare. Because the current legislation funding the federal government expires on Sept. 30 (the last day of the federal fiscal year), Congress must enact a new law to allow the administration to spend money after that date. Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution says: "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law." For a bill authorizing spending from the Treasury to become law, it must be approved by the House of Representatives, and the Senate, and signed by the president.
The CR approved by the Republican-controlled House today would authorize the administration to spend money on virtually all existing government programs--except Obamacare. Conservatives have called on Republicans in the House to pass such a CR as a way to stop the full implementation Obamacare, which otherwise will take place on January 1.
In addition to calling this CR an act of "brutality," Pelosi also called it “a wolf in wolf’s clothing.”
“It is a wolf in wolf’s clothing. The underlying bill to shut down government--the CR--is reason enough to object to it, because that bill will cost at least a million jobs in the course of next year, will cost a million jobs,” she said.
Blog author's comments - Nancy Pelosi's use of the word 'brutality' was a bit over dramatic. But her best line was "a wolf in wolf’s clothing", from the great wordsmith of the House. Nancy, it is a "wolf in sheep's clothing", which describes what the 'Affordable Care Act' is. The consensus being there isn't anything affordable about it, it is a financial 'train wreck.' Many of the semi-literate citizens who bought the lie of the ACA when it was first proposed no longer feel it will be of benefit to them. Obama's plan when he took office was to grow the government and that is what he has been successful in doing.
In reality the defunding of the 'Affordable Care Act' will not stop it. It is sadly the law as the SCOTUS ruled...with the help of Chief Justice John Roberts, and it will remain the law for now and wreak the greatest health care system ever. Pelosi used the word 'brutality' when describing the House Republicans voting to defund Obamacare. This word could well describe the way Obama has governed since he has been in office. If Pelosi is so supportive of Obamacare then she and her fellow Democrats should request the same healthcare plan.
What concerns me is that in recent polls I have seen...the majority of the people who see what the ACA will do are against it. But if there is a government shutdown, Obama and the liberal media will paint the Republican Party as uncaring and evil which could possibly have a large effect on the outcome of the 2014 election. It will be a disaster if the Democratic Party regains control of the House for the last two years of Obama's term.
