House Republicans’ New Year’s Resolutions
Destroy the Medicare guarantee and pass another Ryan Republican Budget:
The next Republican budget will look a lot like those written by exiting House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, eliminating deficits in 10 years and calling again for a massive revamp of the federal Medicare program, Ryan's replacement said on Friday.Representative Tom Price…will "build on" Ryan's proposals by devising ways to put more federal benefits programs under the control of states.
Ryan's budget last year sought deep cuts to social safety net programs in order to achieve balance by the mid 2020s. Price… said a Republican-controlled Congress can now advance policies pioneered by Ryan, including his controversial Medicare plans. Those plans would scale back the popular social insurance program for the elderly and disabled by limiting beneficiaries to a set amount of money every year to buy private healthcare insurance.
Obliterate the Affordable Care Act:
Two potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates -- Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio -- are teaming up on a proposal to replace President Barack Obama's signature health care law…Their plan could be voted on in the new Congress next year, when the GOP will control both the House and Senate.House Speaker John Boehner pledged back in January that House Republicans would draft and vote on an alternative to Obamacare in 2014… The GOP controlled House voted more than 50 times on bills to change or repeal the law, but has not voted on their own proposal.
Undo President Obama's bold immigration action and callously deport families:
…House Republicans announced their intention…to vote on an amendment — in January, when the new Congress is sworn in — that would block the president's executive action on immigration.Rules Chairman Pete Sessions…that Republicans plan to bring up legislation similar to an amendment offered by Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina that would prohibit the president from carrying out his immigration action."Mr. Mulvaney has given us an amendment that works perfectly well," Sessions said, saying he will "guarantee" that the Rules Committee, "in the new Congress, in the first two weeks," would have a meeting to put that legislation on the House floor.