House Effort To Repeal Obamacare Continues With 75% Of Votes Needed

From World Net Daily and The Patriot Update:

Obamacare reversal? House 75% of the way there!


Plan intends to take nationalized decision-making plan, pull it out 'by the roots'



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Posted: July 28, 2010

11:10 pm Eastern





By Bob Unruh

© 2010 WorldNetDaily







One of the biggest targets should the GOP regain control of either the U.S. House or Senate in November's elections, according to many polls, will be Obamacare, the president's plan that effectively nationalized the decision-making process for health-care issues.



But a little-reported move to begin demolition of the health-care system takeover already is pending in the House and has gained about three-quarters of the support it needs to repeal the law that demands citizens buy insurance or pay financial penalties.



As of last night, the discharge petition sponsored by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, had collected 162 signatures of the 218 it would need to advance – even in the face of continued opposition from Obamacare promoter House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.



Under the provisions of the discharge procedures in the House, such a move is required to have the support of 218 members, a majority, of the 435-member chamber before moving forward.



But since it requires a majority, it is virtually assured of approval once it reaches the point of being advanced.



Share your thoughts about the Obamacare nationalization of health-care decision-making.



The newest names, all from just the last few days:





Ed Whitfield, Kentucky



Walter B. Jones, North Carolina



Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan



Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin



Doc Hastings, Washington



Don Young, Alaska



Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida



Patrick J. Tiberi, Ohio



Mike Rogers, Michigan



Joe Barton, Texas



Adam H. Putnam, Florida



Dave Camp, Michigan

King has told WND the entire GOP leadership team in the House is on board, as well as the full delegations from California and Texas. He's working on obtaining the last few GOP signatures before turning his attention to the Democrats.



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All of the GOP representatives and 34 Democrats opposed Obamacare when it was passed on a narrow 219-212 vote earlier this year. King said 212 representatives, at least, should be in favor of overturning it, since they opposed it before.



Then it will be up to the four, five or six Democrat votes that would be needed to turn from endorsement to rejection for it to advance.



"This is starting to come together," King told WND just days ago. "All the Republicans [earlier] voted no. We should all be for repeal."



He said he's counting on the 34 Democrats who voted no to "demonstrate the courage of their convictions" by supporting a repeal plan.



Many will be running for re-election, King noted, in districts where the majority of voters want the law repealed. And there are Democrats who voted for Obamacare who face election challenges in a field of voters irritated by the law's new taxes and intrusions into their lives.



King told WND that if the discharge petition is successful, it will be a "resounding message" to Pelosi, who said Congress would have to vote for the health-care takeover before people could know what was in it.



King's plan is to "pull out by the roots" the legislation that, among other things, will require citizens to provide their "body-mass index" rating to the government and purchase "government-approved" health insurance whether they want it or not.



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The proposal states: "Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Steve King of Iowa, move to discharge the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration and Appropriations from the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4972) to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was referred to said committees on March 25, 2010, in support of which motion the undersigned Members of the House of Representatives affix their signatures."



Its target is the $940 billion, or greater, bill adopted by the Democrat-controlled Congress in March.



Advocates say constituents need to call their representatives to tell them to get on board right away so that the petition is positioned to move forward whether or not the GOP becomes the majority in the House after the 2010 fall elections.



The move by King also has prompted an online petition campaign to rally the public to the cause.



"Who would have thought we might have a chance to repeal Obamacare – this term?" exclaimed Joseph Farah, editor and CEO of WND, in response to the plan by King.



Now it's time for the public to turn up the pressure, he urged. Farah's public petition drive is intended to coalesce support for King's measure.



King has explained, "Republicans are the proponents of limited government, personal responsibility and constitutional liberties, principles which 'Obamacare' violates. Recognizing this fact, every House Republican voted against 'Obamacare' just three months ago. Now that our repeal effort has been endorsed by House GOP leadership, House Republicans should stand by their votes by signing onto discharge petition No. 11."



He said, "The American people did not want Obamacare passed, and they have consistently called for their representatives to show that they stand with them by repealing the legislation. Our discharge petition provides an avenue for repeal that even Speaker Pelosi cannot block. Republicans recognize that a clean, 100-percent repeal bill is the best strategy for uprooting 'Obamacare' lock, stock and barrel, and will continue to show their commitment to Obamacare's repeal by quickly signing our discharge petition."



Congressional officials said Pelosi, an adamant advocate for government-controlled health care, never would allow a vote on a plan to overturn Obamacare. But through the discharge-petition process in the House, if a majority of members sign on, she cannot stop it. It still would need to be moved through the Senate and, ultimately, the Oval Office, possibly by a veto override.



An inside congressional source told WND the pressure also will be on all other members as the November 2010 elections approach, since poll after poll has indicated a significant majority of Americans dislike Obamacare to the point of seeking its repeal.



The issue is expected to play a role in the elections, with voters, especially supporters of tea-party principles, calling on their representatives to stand up against what a multitude of lawsuits already are describing as an unconstitutional power grab by Democrats.



Both Democrats and Republicans will have to answer to voters on the issue, the source said.



And, whether the Republicans or the Democrats are in a majority after the fall elections, the petition will put the issue in a position to be forwarded immediately.



"This isn't a battle we want to give up on," the source told WND. "Obamacare needs to get pulled out by the roots."



House members who previously endorsed King's plan are:



Steve King, Iowa



Connie Mack, Florida



Michele Bachmann, Minnesota



Todd Tiahrt, Kansas



Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee



Tom Price, Georgia



Paul C. Broun, Georgia



Jerry Moran, Kansas



Tom Graves, Georgia



Rob Bishop, Utah



Joseph R. Pitts, Pennsylvania



Mike Pence, Indiana



Lynn A. Westmoreland, Georgia



Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania



Jeb Hensarling, Texas



Louie Gohmert, Texas



Judy Biggert, Illinois



John Boozman, Arkansas



Kenny Marchant, Texas



Jim Jordan, Ohio



Jason Chaffetz, Utah



Gary G. Miller, California



Bob Goodlatte, Virginia



Doug Lamborn, Colorado



Robert E. Latta, Ohio



Tom Cole, Oklahoma



Trent Franks, Arizona



K. Michael Conaway, Texas



Jo Bonner, Alabama



Dan Burton, Indiana



J. Gresham Barrett, South Carolina



John Linder, Georgia



Bill Posey, Florida



Lynn Jenkins, Kansas



Mike Coffman, Colorado



Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland



Virginia Foxx, North Carolina



John Campbell, California



Mike Rogers, Alabama



Randy Neugebauer, Texas



Charles K. Djou, Hawaii



Pete Sessions, Texas



F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Wisconsin



Howard Coble, North Carolina



Candice S. Miller, Michigan



Steve Scalise, Louisiana



Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama



Phil Gingrey, Georgia



Kevin Brady, Texas



Pete Olson, Texas



C.W. Bill Young, Florida



Tom McClintock, California



Joe Wilson, South Carolina



Mac Thornberry, Texas



John R. Carter, Texas



John Shimkus, Illinois



Mary Fallin, Oklahoma



Gus M. Bilirakis, Florida



John Fleming, Louisiana



Jeff Flake, Arizona



W. Todd Akin, Missouri



Peter Hoekstra, Michigan



Donald A. Manzullo, Illinois



Eric Cantor, Virginia



Scott Garrett, New Jersey



John A. Boehner, Ohio



Henry E. Brown, Jr., South Carolina



Kay Granger, Texas



Parker Griffith, Alabama



Ted Poe, Texas



Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington



Rodney Alexander, Louisiana



Fred Upton, Michigan



Jean Schmidt, Ohio



John Sullivan, Oklahoma



Peter J. Roskam, Illinois



Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri



Michael C. Burgess, Texas



Ken Calvert, California



Lee Terry, Nebraska



Patrick T. McHenry, North Carolina



Mary Bono Mack, California



Spencer Bachus, Alabama



Jeff Miller, Florida



John B. Shadegg, Arizona



Gregg Harper, Mississippi



John Abney Culberson, Texas



Dana Rohrabacher, California



David P. Roe, Tennessee



J. Randy Forbes, Virginia



Bill Cassidy, Louisiana



Brett Guthrie, Kentucky



Denny Rehberg, Montana



Sue Wilkins Myrick, North Carolina



Tom Latham, Iowa



Michael K. Simpson, Idaho



John Kline, Minnesota



Ron Paul, Texas



Thomas J. Rooney, Florida



Daniel E. Lungren, California



Darrell E. Issa, California



Harold Rogers, Kentucky



John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee



Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania



Duncan Hunter, California



Sam Graves, Missouri



Bob Inglis, South Carolina



Edward R. Royce, California



Ralph M. Hall, Texas

Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois



Michael T. McCaul, Texas



Thaddeus G. McCotter, Michigan



Robert J. Wittman, Virginia



Lamar Smith, Texas



Cynthia M. Lummis, Wyoming



Wally Herger, California



Vern Buchanan, Florida



Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey



Geoff Davis, Kentucky



Jack Kingston, Georgia



Brian P. Bilbray, California



Zach Wamp, Tennessee



Jerry Lewis, California



Erik Paulsen, Minnesota



Roy Blunt, Missouri



Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri



Frank Wolf, Virginia



George Radanovich, California



Steve Austria, Ohio



Greg Walden, Oregon



Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma

Adrian Smith, Nebraska



Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska



Frank A. LoBiondo, New Jersey



Sam Johnson, Texas



Paul Ryan, Wisconsin



John L. Mica, Florida



Michael R. Turner, Ohio



Aaron Schock, Illinois



Cliff Stearns, Florida



Devin Nunes, California



David Dreier, California



Christopher John Lee, New York



Kevin McCarthy, California



Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania



Leonard Lance, New Jersey



Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California



Ander Crenshaw, Florida



Elton Gallegly, California



Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey

WND reported recently when House Minority Leader John Boehner gave Obamacare a failing grade for its first three months due to evidence of billions in new taxes, job losses it will trigger, its increase of the deficit and other impacts Americans now are discovering.



It's being revealed that nearly another half a billion dollars in taxes for Obama's plan will come from charity-based 501(c)(3) hospitals and a whopping $70 billion will come from those who don't buy "government-approved" health insurance or in some other way fail to comply with the law's demands.



A recent poll by the Obama-friendly CNN revealed 56 percent of the public disapproves of the law.



"While rushing their massive government takeover of health care through Congress, President Obama and congressional Democrats promised it would create jobs, lower costs, reduce the deficit, allow Americans to keep their health care, protect seniors' coverage, prohibit taxpayer-funded abortion and, of course, gain the support of the American people," Boehner's report said.



"It isn't just that none of these promises or predictions have turned out to be true. In every instance, Obamacare has made matters worse," the report said.



Among the study's conclusions:



"Some of the nation's largest employers have announced they will be forced to make cutbacks as a result of Obamacare's job-killing mandates."



"Two independent government entities … have confirmed that the new law fails to lower health-care costs and reduce the deficit."



"Obamacare includes at least a dozen violations of President Obama's pledge to not raise taxes on middle-class families."



"The government has confirmed that the new law's massive Medicare cuts will fall squarely on the backs of seniors, millions of whom will be forced off their current Medicare coverage."

The report also said Obama officials have confirmed their new law "will force some 87 million Americans to drop their current coverage despite President Obama's promise that Americans would be able to keep the coverage that they have."



The report further states Obama has done nothing to implement his executive order that was supposed to prevent taxpayer funding of abortions.



The result is that people like it no better now – or even less – than before they knew many of the details. Dozens of states also have revolted against the plan.



"This report chronicles Obamacare's broken promises in the three months since it became law," Boehner said. "The American people remain squarely opposed to this government takeover of health care that has already failed to live up to specific promises made by President Obama and Washington Democrats.



"Republicans are listening to the American people, and fighting to repeal Obamacare so we can replace it with common-sense reforms focused on lowering costs and protecting jobs," he said.



According to the plan, some $400 million will hit nonprofit hospitals, $17 billion will come from those "who do not purchase government-approved health insurance," another $52 billion will hit workers "who fail to fully comply with government health-insurance mandates," and a tax hike for Medicare will pull another $210 billion from the grocery budgets of Americans.



More than 130 top economists also submitted a document, according to the report, that "the health-care bill contains a number of provisions that will eliminate jobs, reduce hours and wages and limit future job creation."



Obama's law is facing a number of lawsuits contesting its constitutionality, claiming the federal government has no right to require consumers to participate in a business transaction – the purchase of health insurance – if they choose not to.