GOP SENATOR SAYS COALITION TO BLOCK AND DEFUND OBAMACARE IS GROWING, NAMES NAMES
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) told TheBlaze Monday he has recruited more than a dozen Senate Republicans to help him defund President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law.
Fifteen Republican senators, including Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.), Ted Cruz (Texas), John Cornyn (Texas), Rand Paul (Ky.), James Inhofe (Okla.), David Vitter (La.), Roger Wicker (Miss.), John Thune (S.D.), and Chuck Grassley (Iowa), will block a continuing resolution to keep the government funded beyond Sept. 30 if it includes funding for Obamacare, Lee said.
“The president has said that he’s not willing and not able to enforce Obamacare as it was written,” Sen. Lee told TheBlaze in a phone interview. “And so he has chosen instead to enforce this law selectively.”
“He has picked out two things that he has said he won’t enforce. One is the employer mandate and the other is the requirement that the government obtain some kind of proof for those who are claiming eligibility for Obamacare exchange subsidies,” he added.
The senator continued, arguing that the president “doesn’t have the power” to selectively enforce and amend laws passed by Congress.
“Once a law is passed by Congress, in order to amend that law, you have to go back to Congress and you have to amend it in the same way that you passed the original law,” he said.
“If the president isn’t going to enforce this law, the American people shouldn’t be required to fund it.
“Those that feel this way should stand up and say they won’t vote for any continuing resolution that contains funding for further implementation and enforcement of Obamacare,” he added.
If you are on Facebook, go to Mark Kirk’s page and ask him to join in. At first he was deleting posts – but then he got too many to ignore. Here is a sample:
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Denise Cattoni PLEASE SIGN on with 15 REPUBLICAN senators not to FUND Obamacare!! STAND with your constituents PLEASE!http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/22/gop-senator-says-coalition-to-block-and-defund-obamacare-is-growing-names-names/
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C Steven Tucker Will you join Senator Mike Lee to make sure there is NO money for Obamacare in the coming CR?http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/22/gop-senator-says-coalition-to-block-and-defund-obamacare-is-growing-names-names/ -
Janness Abraham How about signing on with the Republicans who realize Obamacare will destroy the country? Where are you, Mark Kirk? http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/22/gop-senator-says-coalition-to-block-and-defund-obamacare-is-growing-names-names/ -
Sherry Pierce If you truly serve the people of Illinois, then you will vote to defund Obamacare and not the way Dick Durbin suggests you should -
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Diane Sroka Benjamin Mark Kirk – “Will you join Senator Mike Lee to make sure there is NO money for Obamacare in the coming CR? http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/22/gop-senator-says-coalition-to-block-and-defund-obamacare-is-growing-names-names/”
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Diane Sroka Benjamin Or will you just delete it again?
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Mary Alger Senator Kirk, Do you hear that giant sucking sound? It is the US Constitution going down the drain with the most invasive travesty that has been foisted upon our nation – OBAMACARE! Give it its proper burial and sign on to Mike Lee’s proposal to strangle it once and for all…http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/22/gop-senator-says-coalition-to-block-and-defund-obamacare-is-growing-names-names/ -
Richard Juerger Senator Kirk – You ran as a conservative and to date some of your votes have favored conservative values while many have not. Here’s an opportunity for you to show what you’re truly made of and conservatives hope to see the correct action from you. It’s your decision as to whether or not to do what your constituents – you know, those that voted for you – overwhelmingly feel you should do. -
Erin Spear-Spiess Senator Kirk, PLEASE join Mike Lee and others who want to DEFUND OBAMACARE before it’s TOO LATE. If we have to SHUT DOWN the government so be it. Obamacare IS KILLING JOBS,,,PERIOD. It must be stopped because it was passed as a TAX when the President MISLED the people by saying it was NOT A TAX. IT MUST BE DEFUNDED and REPEALED! -
Mary Alger Don’t worry Senator Kirk I’m taking screen shots of all the comments in case they mysteriously disappear. I’m doing this because you want to hear from your constituents right?
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Jan Shaw Will you join Senator Mike Lee to make sure there is NO money for Obamacare in the coming CR?http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/22/gop-senator-says-coalition-to-block-and-defund-obamacare-is-growing-names-names/ -
Went to Kirk’s contact page. All I get is a blank page.
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorKirk You probably have to click LIKE, suck it up.