The Best Defense Is...
Jonathan Cohn
TNR
E-mails from the administration go out to reporters all day. But the official "Statement of Administration Policy" from Thursday afternoon got my attention.
It was about House Resolution 2, which is the Republican proposal to repeal health care reform. The release stated that the administration "strongly opposes the measure" and then explained why: Repeal would mean higher deficits, more people without insurance, and less protection for consumers. At the end came one sentence, underlined for emphasis: "If the president were presented with H.R. 2, he would veto it."
Obama's willingness to reject the Republican repeal bill hardly qualifies as shocking news. Still, as far as I can tell, this is only the second formal veto threat that the White House has issued. The first, over possible inclusion of the F-22 in a defense authorization bill, was made so that Congress might amend a bill before sending it to Obama. This time the message is more unambiguous: Any repeal bill that comes to the White House is dead on arrival.
As it should be. But have you noticed a pattern lately?
(More here.)
TNR
E-mails from the administration go out to reporters all day. But the official "Statement of Administration Policy" from Thursday afternoon got my attention.
It was about House Resolution 2, which is the Republican proposal to repeal health care reform. The release stated that the administration "strongly opposes the measure" and then explained why: Repeal would mean higher deficits, more people without insurance, and less protection for consumers. At the end came one sentence, underlined for emphasis: "If the president were presented with H.R. 2, he would veto it."
Obama's willingness to reject the Republican repeal bill hardly qualifies as shocking news. Still, as far as I can tell, this is only the second formal veto threat that the White House has issued. The first, over possible inclusion of the F-22 in a defense authorization bill, was made so that Congress might amend a bill before sending it to Obama. This time the message is more unambiguous: Any repeal bill that comes to the White House is dead on arrival.
As it should be. But have you noticed a pattern lately?
(More here.)
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