Your Cruise Adventure Awaits!
Join Michael P. Ramirez Dec. 4-11 for a whole week of captivating conversation and companionship with writers from the Weekly Standard - click HERE for more information
Lame Duck 11-21-16
Cartoon by Michael P. Ramirez is a duck with Obama face trying to swim with two legs weighed down with casts. Obama duck says, " Act Calm, Cool and Collected", and the caption reads, Under the Surface.
Related Content:
Trump, the Bully Pulpit, and Obamacare
From the November 28, 2016, issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD.12:41 PM, NOV 21, 2016 | By FRED BARNES
From the November 28, 2016, issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD.12:41 PM, NOV 21, 2016 | By FRED BARNES
Republicans should have no trouble repealing the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. They can invoke the procedure known as reconciliation, which means only 51 votes in the Senate will be needed to kill the unpopular health insurance plan. Since there will be 52 Republicans in the new Senate in 2017 and a Republican in the White House, repeal is a safe bet.
As for Obamacare itself, Republicans won't waste their time negotiating over saving any of it. Senate Democrats want to keep the entire program alive by tinkering with its parts and bailing it out with billions in new funding. Forget that. Republicans are committed to a total replacement that emphasizes free-market incentives and patient choice. Both of those features are anathema to Democrats. Read more
As for Obamacare itself, Republicans won't waste their time negotiating over saving any of it. Senate Democrats want to keep the entire program alive by tinkering with its parts and bailing it out with billions in new funding. Forget that. Republicans are committed to a total replacement that emphasizes free-market incentives and patient choice. Both of those features are anathema to Democrats. Read more
  |
  |