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MOGOP Statement on Claire McCaskill’s health care vote
November 21, 2009
Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party, issued the following statement on Sen. Claire McCaskill’s vote to invoke cloture on the Democrats’ health care bill:
“Claire McCaskill has turned her back on Missourians. Despite a recent poll showing that two-thirds of Missourians do not support the Obama-Pelosi takeover of our health care system, McCaskill joined her liberal colleagues to support a bloated 2,074 page bill that will do nothing to lower health care costs for Missouri’s families. She chose the massive tax increases, Medicare cuts, and onerous regulations of an out-of-control government over real common-sense reform. What little was left of McCaskill’s reputation as a fiscal watchdog has been forever destroyed.”
Survey Source: Public Policy Polling, released 11/18/2009
Talking Points
Democrats' health care takeover
After months of secret backroom deals and arm-twisting, Nancy Pelosi forced a massive, costly, and ineffective government-run health care onto an unwilling nation.The Democrats’ bill does nothing to control costs; in fact, it will raise taxes by at least $3.9 billion in 2019, raise premiums, slash Medicare, and force a one-size-fits-all health care mandate on more than 300 million people.
Since passage, several companies have announced that the health care bill will cost them billions of dollars, and the Congressional Research Service confirmed Republican warnings that the bill allows convicted sex offenders, including pedophiles and rapists, to receive taxpayer-subsidized medication for erectile dysfunction.
Americans have consistently made their opposition to the bill known, but Democrats ignored their wishes. In fact, nearly two-thirds of Missourians oppose the Democrats’ health care bill.
Republicans in Missouri have taken action—Lt. Gov. Kinder is filing a lawsuit against the federal government, and Missourians will vote on Obamacare in August.
Make no mistake: In November, Democrats across the nation and in Missouri will pay for abusing their power and ignoring the will of the American people.
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