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frazzled

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7. Hello? You don't undo an enacted law by defunding it

Reply to landolfi (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2013, 03:27 PM

Oct 2013

I mean, you could ... and that is precisely what they have been trying to do, after 42 unsuccessful attempts to repeal it through legislation.

The democratic process demands that an enacted law be undone only by repealing it with another law. Not by circumventing the process and trying to get what you couldn't get through legislation by blocking funding to it. That is rule by the minority. That's a coup.

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A dumb question, but: If the House didn't want Obamacare, how were they fools enough to fund it? [View all] landolfi Oct 2013 OP

The Dems controlled the House when it was passed in 2010 Roland99 Oct 2013 #1

The PPACA passed without a single Republican vote in the House or Senate. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #2

Wow dude...where have you been? This was passed by Nancy Pelosi etal remember? dkf Oct 2013 #3

First of all, I said it was a dumb question, but landolfi Oct 2013 #5

They've voted to repeal the ACA 47 times (or is it 48 by now?). The Senate keeps blocking it. dkf Oct 2013 #6

NYTimes explained it in this article sammytko Oct 2013 #12

How many House members are stockholders in the health insurance companies, directly or indirectly? AnotherMcIntosh Oct 2013 #4

Hello? You don't undo an enacted law by defunding it frazzled Oct 2013 #7

it's been working with other laws . . . like dodd/frank and consumer protection. eom ellenfl Oct 2013 #10

Because it is the fugging law malaise Oct 2013 #8

not a dumb question imho Enrique Oct 2013 #9

Also because it was unnecessary to "fund" it. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #11