Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) “said Wednesday that Republican efforts to repeal sweeping health care reform are futile, and instead promoted incremental fixes in a wide-ranging talk in Nashville,” the Nashville Business Journal reports.
In the immediate aftermath of the reform’s passage, many of Corker’s Republican colleagues, including 2008 presidential contender Sen. John McCain, have pledged to repeal the legislation. Corker described that as unlikely, given the reality of needing 67 votes in the Senate to overcome a presidential veto of repeal legislation.
“The fact is that’s not going to happen, OK?” Corker told dozens of people at Vanderbilt University.
Still, Corker made clear his opposition to the legislation and spoke in favor of continued, incremental legislative reform in future years to correct problems he foresees.
(h/t – TPM)
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Congress in Your Pocket
They need to vote OUT anyone who we see further Obama’s social agenda..We don’t care what letter is after your name you have all betrayed the people who elected you.
I agree so lets not forget in the coming elections. We need to show Washington D.C. who is boss
I don’t know… it seems like closing the medicare drug donut hole, ending the practice of no covering pre-existing conditions, making insurance more affordable for smaller companies by allowing them to pool together for group discounts, ending insurance caps, and preventing insurance companies from dropping you while you are sick sound likes a good idea to me!