Cantor Dares Reid to Call Repeal Vote
Politico reports:
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) isn’t one to hold his feelings back — especially when it comes to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
On Tuesday, he threw a little more flame on the fire, suggesting Reid was afraid to actually bring up the health care repeal vote in the Senate.
“If Harry Reid is so confident that the repeal vote should die in the Senate then he should bring it up for a vote if he’s so confident he’s got the votes,” Cantor said.
Reid’s office rejected the idea.
“Not only would repeal not pass, but according to a poll by AP over the weekend, three out of four people don’t want it to,” Reid spokesman Jon Summers said. “Why? Because full repeal means raising taxes on small businesses, reopening the Medicare donut hole, and putting insurance companies back in charge of your health care.”
House Republicans opened debate on repealing the health care reform law Tuesday afternoon arguing that they’re doing what the public wanted.
“We are here because we heard the American people in the last election,” Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on the House floor. “We said we’d do a straight up-or-down vote to repeal this health care law and that’s what we’re doing here today.”
The legislation is unlikely to amount to much more than a symbolic measure to meet a campaign promise, however. The repeal bill is expected to pass the House tomorrow. All Republicans and four Democrats supported a procedural vote on the bill earlier this month. ...
