While Republicans lambast the cost of implementing health care reform, a new report shows that their efforts to repeal the law have come at a major cost to taxpayers -- to the tune of nearly $50 million.
The House of Representatives again voted to repeal President Obama's signature health care law on Wednesday, marking the 33rd time Republicans have attempted to take down the legislation. The 32 previous repeal efforts faltered at the hands of the Democrat-controlled Senate; the latest attempt is unlikely to break that pattern.
According to a report by CBS News, these efforts, widely viewed as symbolic political maneuvers, come with a high price tag.
CBS' Nancy Cordes reported Wednesday that Republicans' many fruitless attempts at repealing the Affordable Care Act have taken up at least 80 hours of time on the House floor since 2010, amounting to two full work weeks. As the House, according to the Congressional Research Service, costs taxpayers $24 million a week to operate, those two weeks amounted to a total cost of approximately $48 million.
for a party who's mantra is stop the spending and lower the deficit, they sure forgot that little tidbit of info. wonder how much the holder farce cost "we the taxpayer's"? just another right wing lie but wish i was keeping count.
call it what you want, it is still a hypocritical disregard for taxpayer money, but a 180 in their long time faux message of conservatism they are lying two faced dishonest bunch of political gangsters trying anything because they have no plan, they thought their payed for part of the Scotus was going to crush this admin for them, so confident that there was no plan B. so now we get the scrambling after whatever they feel they can create drama around to hurt the Pres., these are the guys that are best suited to forward the country's interest? HELL NO THEY'RE NOT".
