Boehner: Health Bill is 'Monstrosity'
NBC News reports:
House Republican Leader John Boehner said Wednesday that the midterms election results were a mandate to roll back the Obama administration's health care overhaul, which he described as a "monstrosity."
The presumptive next speaker of the House told reporters Wednesday morning the Republican takeover of the House and its success in narrowing the Democratic Senate majority was proof that "the Obama-Pelosi agenda" was rejected by the American people.
The Ohio Republican is in line to succeed Pelosi, a California Democrat who became the first woman speaker of the House four years ago.
Posing for pictures with GOP Whip Eric Cantor, Boehner said, "The American people were concerned about the government takeover of health care." He added, "I think it's important for us to lay the groundwork before we begin to repeal this monstrosity."
Boehner's comments followed a heady night for Republicans, who seized control of the House of Representatives, scoring the chamber's biggest party turnover in more than 70 years. Democrats also lost ground in the Senate, but kept their majority, according to result tallies from NBC News.
Obama now faces the potential for legislative gridlock that could stymie his agenda in the final half of his term. Even with his Democrats in control of both chambers of Congress, he spent his first two years battling to pass legislation.
