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>> bret: house republicans took another shot today at the president's healthcare law. minority leader nancy pelosi calls it legislation to nowhere. republicans who campaigned on the issue say they are sticking to their presence approximatelys. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the update. >> the bill is taxed. >> as expected, house republicans in a few of their democratic colleagues voted to repeal president obama healthcare law. ahead of the vote, speaker boehner extented this invitation to democrats. >> for those who still support repealing the harmful healthcare law, we are giving your colleagues in the senate another chance to heed the will of the american people. for those who did not support repeal the last time, it's a chance for our colleagues to reconsider. >> more than 30 times the house voted to repeal, defund or dismantle obama's signature legislative accomplishment. democrats who support healthcare express their frustration. >> repealing the affordable care act is wrong. it was wrong the first time.
they would have taken the whole law down. >> if there is any chance this is repealed, i realize there's a vote coming up that is largely ceremonial because it will never be taken up in the senate, but the house of representatives will make a statement. but if it is repealed come january if there's a new president, what is the plan and is there a plan by the republicans? >> well, i think there area number of different view points about that. i have been aware of a plan for some time that i don't believe the republican leadership has been willing to embrace yet or governor romney has been willing to but i hope that he will. it's been drawn up, it's comprehensive and would turn most of this back over to the states to regulate insurance and do other things but it would cover pre-existing conditions, it would cover a lot of things people are interested in through a refundable tax credit. and that itself hasn't been fully vetted out there but i think it's a good, conservative position to take. it costs a whole lot less than this law and it allows the
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saying that this was gun under bush when they know that the programs gun under president bush were stopped under president bush and admitted and said they were wrong and this was a program that was completely gun under president obama and ultimately the attorney general's justice department does own this failed operation. >> well, the attorney general has made a statement, and he has said others, and i assume he's pointing at you, have devoted their time and attention to making reckless charges, unsupported by facts. he said you don't have facts, and to advancing truly absurd conspiracy theories. that was said right after the vote. >> well, the attorney general was a little bit like, if you remember the brothers who killed their parents and then if they claimed they were orphans it would have been equally genuine. ultimately he is saying we don't have facts. well, the facts we have points to the coverup in people in justice and we aren't being given the documents. it's rather self-serving to say we don't have all the proof of what we are trying to discover,
about this one today and a lot of the e-mails and texts used the treacherousry in the messages. i tend to agree with that term butch we have to be optimistic about it. basically what chief justice roberts did for us, for the american people, was put this shall uh-oh obama care and the individual mandate back in the hands of the people via our representatives. so now back in congress' hands, congress has an opportunity to act on this tax as this has been deemed a tax as opposed to obama's insistence it wasn't a tax and after the july recess i expect congress to come in and rescind this tax. they have the power to adopt and enact the tax and they also have the power to rescind it. i want to see that done in july. >> president obama has said this is not a tax. it was the chief justice roberts and the majority that has decided, has deem it a tax, which is, of course, their
states to exist as the principle regulator. and in that process, as you know, the premiums would be paid for basic insurance policy with a very large deductible, you would either do that through a tax credit if you are taking income taxes and if you are not eligible for other coverage you will get a refundable amount to buy the basic policy. that has not been introduced. but i think it's a good provision and a good way to go. >> thank you, attorney general. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> the supreme court's ruling is setting social media on fire. former governor sarah palin quickly taking to twitter. she beats obama lied to the american people again. he said it wasn't a tax. obama lies and freedom dice. good evening, governor. >> how are you, greta? >> governor, that's about 140 characters or less about how you feel about this decision today. now tell me, given more chance to amplify it your view of what happened today. >> i received a lot of messages
they will have less efficient, more bureaucratic healthcare and it will be rationed that really truly defies economic sense that healthcare with more enroll lees would not have to be rationed." people who are thinking this is going to be a free ride for them, 509% of americans who aren't paying tacks today, they have got another thing coming. >> so what do you expect is going to happen from here and through the election into next year? let me give you too hypotheticals. one is gov. romney wins president and the other one is president obama is re-elected. >> well, if gov. romney is elected president and let's hope that the gop does take over the white house and can secure the senate and holds on to the house, then obviously first on the list of priorities must be repealing and replacing obamacare with something that makes more sense. you know, get rid ever the tort reform problems that we have, get rid of the anticompetitive
love and can enjoy all of it's freedoms and prosperity and security if obama is re-elected because obamacare is a harbarjer of things to come. >> and the states have a decision to make right now with the medicaid expansion and they need to decide if they are going to opt in or opt out. under this decision they have a chance to opt out and it's a very sort of pricey matter for the states. on the other hand, they will have a lot of people who don't have coverage. at leasted ones with the large populations that are under certain income levels. how do you foresee that whole medicaid expansion thing unfolding? >> many, many states are not going to be able to afford expansion of medicaid and these exchanges that are going to try to be forced down states' throats through obamacare. i would like to see governors be tough and opt out of this and exert our tenth amendment rights and tell president obama, who does not understand the constitution, he even being a
even though we have testimony that indicates high ranking individuals in justice are ultimately responsible for fast and furious. >> you have subpoenaed documents. are any documents forthcoming the last 24 hours? >> they actually gave the press some that they denied us. one where apparently the attorney general looks really good saying i want no b. s., i want to get discovery. the fact is they are selectively releasing documents from what they claim to have privilege on as we speak apparently. but, no, there's been no offer ever documents. as a matter of fact, the attorney general told us if we didn't go forward with the contempt he would give us a couple hundred documents and if we did go forward, we would get nothing. >> the white house calls it political theatre. what do you think? >> i'm sad they think that way. when the shoe was on the other foot president obama felt very strongly in the oversight and for the separation of the
problems that we have that are prohibiting people from being out shopping for good healthcare coverage and prices. all the problems we talked about that there are common sense truly sound economic solutions for. well, the republicans then and constitutional democrats will be able to enact and that's and if the republicans take over the white house, house and senate. now if obama is reelected we will be a fundamentally transformed country as obama promised us as he was re-elected. we are down that road now. the decision made today, heck, obama even proposing it and ramming it through and down our throats through pelosi and reed's embracing of it, that's things to come. if obama is reelected, america, you will know longer recognize the country that today you truly