LANSING - Today, House Republicans will take one more stab at repealing the Affordable Care Act, perhaps under the assumption that the most opportune time to strike down President Obama's preeminent domestic policy achievement would be right after the Supreme Court upheld the law in its entirety. Today's vote will be the 31st time House Republicans have tried to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
Although the futile struggles of the Republican Party to overturn a bill that is actually quite popular among voters (when polled individually of the moniker "Obamacare", almost every provision in the Affordable Care Act was overwhelmingly popular - some, like the provision to let children stay on their parents' insurance plans, polled above 70%, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation) is amusing to a certain degree, most voters agree that that time could be better spent on other issues. A recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that a growing majority of people wanted the Affordable Care Act's opponents to "move on" - a view shared by Lance Enderle, the Democratic candidate for Michigan's 8th Congressional district.
"Are we really going to waste the day voting on the Affordable Care Act again?" Enderle said. "Why aren't we spending that time figuring out how to decrease the unemployment rate? After today, the Republican Party will have voted 31 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and exactly ZERO times on a comprehensive jobs bill. Apparently, for my opponent Mike Rogers and his Republican buddies in Congress, political pissing contests are more important than the well-being of the people. Our elected representatives are acting like irresponsible, spoiled children. It's time for us to elect some adults to Congress."
Enderle does not have a challenger in the August 7th primary. Rogers faces two primary challenges from Brian Hetrick and Vernon Molnar.
Contact: Ian Hoopingarner (517) 897-4094
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