As if this wasn’t tried before, Senate Republicans on Thursday wasted even more tax-payers’ time and money with yet another meaningless vote on a pointless legislation to defund Obamacare.
Not to be outdone, Democrats seized the debate to try to force votes on gun control legislation that could put some Republicans in a politically tough position as the country is reeling from arecent spate of mass shootings.
By voting to nullify Obamacare — the signature domestic accomplishment of the Obama administration — GOP congressional leaders fulfilled a longtime pledge to voters and rank-and-file members to get a repeal to President Barack Obama’s desk, even though he will veto it.
The bill would also cut off federal funding to Planned Parenthood, the women’s health group that provides abortions and has long under GOP scrutiny. Republicans’ passions to cutoff taxpayer dollars to the organization increased in recent months when videos were released that purported to show Planned Parenthood executives selling the tissue of aborted fetuses to researchers
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While Americans are being massacred by shootings on a daily basis, these jokers in Congress cannot figure out a way to do their job and protect the homeland from ruthless thugs and their easy access to guns.
Instead of bucking the NRA and coming up with a simple background check legislation to make sure people who buy guns are not registered terrorists – an idea supported by a huge majority of Americans – Republicans bring us another attempt to repeal Obamacare, an effort that has been tried and failed well over 60 times.
