“I’m disappointed that the first action out of a new Republican Congress that has the majority in the Senate, majority in the House and the White House that their first action will be a budget that never balances and adds $9.7 trillion to the deficit,” Paul told CNN Wednesday. “I just can’t vote for a budget that never balances and adds so much new debt.”
In effort to thwart the resolution, Paul met with 25 House Republicans Thursday morning — mostly members of the staunchly conservative Freedom Caucus — to convince them to oppose the measure. But while House Republicans were open to Paul’s concerns, they aren’t sure of their vote just yet…
Paul has made it clear that he wants to repeal and replace Obamacare in full. However, he believes that repealing the law doesn’t have to come at the price of an unbalanced budget.
Source: Rand Paul rallies House GOP to oppose $10 trillion deficit with no guarantee of Obamacare repeal –
You will see all kinds of fake news headlines about how Rand Paul voted against the repeal of Obamacare. However, this is not the case. He voted against adding $1 Trillion a year for the next 10 years to the deficit. Just because a conditional repeal of Obamacare happened to be part of the budget doesn’t mean it should be unconditionally supported.
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