Let’s break this down, because even by House Republican standards, this is a real gem.
1. Schock and other House Republicans voted to destroy the federal health care system, taking benefits away from millions of Americans.
2. Senate Democrats thought this was a bad idea, and did not follow suit.
3. The GOP-led House, unconvinced, proceeded to try this same move, over and over again, for a total of 40 times.
4. The Democratic-led Senate worked on other things. Aaron Schock sees this as proof that President Obama, who has no control over how the House spends its time, is “trying to make it look like the House is dysfunctional.” Hmm. The Republican-led House won’t negotiate on a budget, can’t pass a farm bill, can’t pass an immigration bill, can’t pass appropriations bills, can’t fix the Voting Rights Act, and generally struggles to complete even routine tasks such as periodically raising the debt limit. The president isn’t making the House look bad; the House is making the House look bad. For that matter, no one is “trying to make it look like the House is dysfunctional”; the House is dysfunctional.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past." Recommended
