Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear on Thursday that repealing Obamacare would never be used by Republicans again to bring the federal government to a halt.
“One of my favorite old Kentucky sayings is there’s no education in the second kick of a mule," the Kentucky Republican told The Hill. "The first kick of a mule was when we shut the government down in the mid-1990s — and the second kick was over the last 16 days.
“There is no education in the second kick of a mule," McConnell added. "There will not be a government shutdown."
The Obamacare strategy was pushed by several young Republicans in the House and Senate backed by the tea party — including freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, who spoke against the healthcare plan for more than 21 hours on the Senate floor last month — which led to a 16-day partial shutdown of the government and jeopardized the nation's credit authority.
“I think we have fully now acquainted our new members with what a losing strategy that is,” McConnell told the Hill.
The Obamacare strategy was pushed by several young congressional Republicans backed by the tea party — including freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, who spoke against the healthcare plan for more than 21 hours on the Senate floor last month — which led to a 16-day partial shutdown of the government and jeopardized the nation's borrowing authority.
“I think we have fully now acquainted our new members with what a losing strategy that is,” McConnell told the Hill.
The federal government reopened on Thursday after a battle-scarred Congress approved a bipartisan measure to end the shutdown and avert the possibility of an economy-jarring default on U.S. obligations.
Via: Newsmax
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