Quote:Ted Cruz influenced the House of Representatives? Ted Cruz? The same Ted Cruz who the party establishment only hates slightly less than Trump? What have you been smoking?


 

And as jj pointed out, the House budget wasn't a total repeal of the ACA. It was a one-year delay in implementation of the individual mandate and some corporate requirements, two things Obama himself unilaterally delayed for a year shortly thereafter. Harry Reid put all of those non-essential government employees our of work to oppose something Obama did anyway.

 

1.  Yes, Ted Cruz influenced the House.  That's part of the reason why he's so hated now!  I mean, seriously, this  isn't ancient history.  It happened only 3 years ago.  You can google the timeline for yourself!

 

2.  JJ is wrong...  The one year delay was the 2nd attempt after the first attempt was rejected by the Senate (as everyone knew it would) and then sent back to the House.

 

Here's a link  http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpoliti...n-timeline

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