House GOP to resume health-care repeal effort, but with more civil tone

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Source: Washington Post

House Republican leaders said Thursday that they will begin their effort to repeal the new health-care law next week, a return to normal legislative business after the shootings in Arizona suspended activity on Capitol Hill.

But no one quite knows what normal will look like, following a wrenching week in which members confronted concerns about their own safety and whether their heated rhetoric played any role in last Saturday's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 18 others.

As Giffords recovers in a Tucson hospital, many of her colleagues in Washington said they plan to change the tone in the House, a body that has served as the epicenter of caustic political debate for the past 20 years.

"It doesn't mean the issues go away, it doesn't mean that the positions on those issues change, but yes, this is going to affect everybody," said Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.).

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/13/AR2011011306672.html

[rfranklin]

1. They'll waste time on this futile effort to repeal the health care bill...

an exercise designed only to position them for the next elections. That's fiscal responsibility for you.

[CLANG]

4. Yeah, and wait until they need to raise the debt ceiling. That should be civil.

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. Take out the words "Jobs killing" from HC repeal? THAT's Repubs idea of

toning things down?!?
Wow. That should really help the vitriol reduction in Washington's crucible.

[Action]

3. No They Won't

They are afraid of the tea baggers. If the tea baggers tell them to be hateful they will. It's all about power. The repubs created this mess with having to bow to the tea baggers just to win their votes. Personally, I hope they self destruct.

When are the repubs going to talk about how they will help the 50 million Americans who do not have health care insurance?

They need to talk about issues and not be all about hate, lies and name calling.

[FarLeftFist]

5. DEMOCRATS: Just stick to the FACTS

You will not only win this debate but you will win over the American people.

[jwirr]

6. Oh goodie they are going to take away our health care politely.

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