Political Quotes

“we have seen in the last week or two Republicans just throwing things at the wall hoping something will stick. They brought down the energy efficiency bill as a result of that. They rescinded informally an agreement that I was convinced we had. Here is why this happened. One need only look at why we have not heard these endless speeches in the House or the Senate on ObamaCare, the Affordable Care Act. That has dissipated. It has been several weeks--it is hard to believe but several weeks--since we have had a vote in the House on doing away with ObamaCare, repealing it. Why is that? There is no better illustration of why that is happening than something called ``The Plum Line'' in the Washington Post today. It is short, but I would like to read it. The headline is ``Going quiet on health care.'' As Benghazi fever rises among Republicans-- This is an editorial comment. That is another thing they threw at the wall to see if it would stick-- the Hill reported yesterday that the House GOP has ``gone quiet'' on Obamacare. There are no scheduled votes or hearings on the Affordable Care Act. When contacted by the Hill newspaper, most GOP campaign committees wouldn't say whether they would launch any new attacks on the law.…”