2/ There's been a lot of lazy (or lousy) reporting and intentional misrepresentation from partisans on both sides.
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3/ Today, we voted on the most massive budget in U.S. history. It's been misleadingly described as an "Obamacare repeal vote."
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4/ It's actually a budget resolution that proposes adding more than $9 TRILLION to the debt over the next decade.
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5/ Does that extra debt come from repealing Obamacare? No. The budget doesn't even mention Obamacare and doesn't repeal it.
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6/ Budget includes "reconciliation instructions" to allow Congress to bring a LATER bill to repeal part of Obamacare with a simple majority.
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7/ But these instructions can be included in ANY budget. It's not necessary to pass this particular budget, a.k.a. Worst. Budget. Ever.
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8/ Partisans in both parties like to describe the vote as an "Obamacare repeal vote" (rather than a budget vote) for obvious reasons.
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9/ Republicans don't want their voters to know that they voted for the most massive budget ever.
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10/ Democrats want their voters to think it's all about stopping Republicans from repealing Obamacare.
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11/ Reporters are fixated on the sexy angle, which is the misleading angle that most of the politicians are talking about: Obamacare.
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12/ So, my no vote does not mean I oppose repealing Obamacare (sorry, Democrats); that's not what today's vote was really about.
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13/ My no vote was about standing up for limited govt and fighting for the next generation. It was about stopping a never-balanced budget.
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14/ We can't afford more spending and more debt, regardless of whether it's demanded by a Democratic president or Republican president. ###
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Unless you vote on impeachment, really not interested.
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I third it
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I was secretly hoping we could all just get a do over.
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when will we get past the one=all mentality? There is good in both parties, seek & find.
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