Last week, the House of Representatives voted for the second time to repeal Obamacare in its entirety.
That's nice.
But we should expect much more from the Republicans placed in power by voters back in 2010.
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It's time for more than symbolic votes.
Most Americans – and most Republicans – are simply unaware of how much power one party has when it controls a single house of Congress as the GOP has since January 2011.
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It's time for those of us who empowered Republicans for change in 2010 demand they live up to their promises of change – just as Barack Obama and the Democrats did in 2008.
Republicans have and have had for nearly two years the "power of the purse" – but they have not used it.
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What should House Speaker John Boehner and his majority in the House be doing?
At the very least, a Republican House should not bring any bill to the floor that funds the implementation of Obamacare, and it should take every action to rescind money out the door. House Republicans should be standing with conservative governors and attorneys general and millions of conservatives who are ready to do everything within their power to ensure none of Obamacare is ever enacted over the will of the American people.
For starters, that means not passing a single dime of spending to fund or implement Obamacare.
Since much of the implementation of Obamacare is a function of the discretionary appropriations process, Republicans can stop it – starting today, not in some future session of Congress. Republicans – and Republicans alone – can stop Obamacare from going into effect by drying up all the funds necessary for its implementation in the future.
And that's exactly what they should do. It's exactly what we should expect. It's exactly what we should demand.
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Sad to say, only 80 members of the 242-member House Republican caucus have signed on to this common-sense agenda to date.
Those heroes include:
1. Sandy Adams, R-FL
2. Todd Akin, R-MO
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3. Justin Amash, R-MI
4. Mark Amodei, R-NV
5. Steve Austria, R-OH
6. Michele Bachmann, R-MN
7. Rick Berg, R-ND
8. Rob Bishop, R-UT
9. Diane Black, R-TN
10. Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
11. Charles Boustany, R-LA
12. Mo Brooks, R-AL
13. Larry Bucshon, R-IN
14. Ann Marie Buerkle, R-NY
15. Dan Burton, R-IN
16. Francisco Canseco, R-TX
17. Steve Chabot, R-OH
18. Howard Coble, R-NC
19. Mike Conaway, R-TX
20. Duncan, Jeff, R-SC
21. Stephen Fincher, R-TN
22. Jeff Flake, R-AZ
23. Chuck Fleischmann, R-TN
24. John Fleming, R-LA
25. Bill Flores, R-TX
26. Trent Franks, R-AZ
27. Cory Gardner, R-CO
28. Scott Garrett, R-NJ
29. Phil Gingrey, R-GA
30. Louis Gohmert, R-TX
31. Paul Gosar, R-AZ
32. Tom Graves, R-GA
33. Tim Griffin, R-AR
34. Vicky Hartzler, R-MO
35. Tim Huelskamp, R-KS
36. Bill Huizenga, R-MI
37. Duncan Hunter, R-CA
38. Sam Johnson, R-TX
39. Walter Jones, R-NC
40. Jim Jordan, R-OH
41. Steve King, R-IA
42. Raul Labrador, R-ID
43. Doug Lamborn, R-CO
44. Jeff Landry, R-LA
45. Bob Latta, R-OH
46. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-MO
47. Connie Mack, R-FL
48. Don Manzullo, R-IL
49. Tom McClintock, R-CA
50. David McKinley, R-WV
51. John Mica, R-FL
52. Jeff Miller, R-FL
53. Mick Mulvaney, R-SC
54. Tim Murphy, R-PA
55. Randy Neugebauer, R-TX
56. Steven Palazzo, R-MS
57. Ron Paul, R-TX
58. Steve Pearce, R-NM
59. Joe Pitts, R-PA
60. Ted Poe, R-TX
61. Mike Pompeo, R-KS
62. David Price, R-NC
63. Ben Quayle, R-AZ
64. Reid Ribble, R-WI
65. Phil Roe, R-TN
66. Todd Rokita, R-IN
67. Dennis Ross, R-FL
68. Steve Scalise, R-LA
69. Jean Schmidt, R-OH
70. David Schweikert, R-AZ
71. Tim Scott, R-SC
72. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-WI
73. Steve Southerland, R-FL
74. Cliff Stearns, R-FL
75. Marlin Stutzman, R-IN
76. Tim Walberg, R-MI
77. Joe Walsh, R-IL
78. Allen West, R-FL
79. Lynn Westmoreland, R-GA
80. Joe Wilson, R-SC
If your Republican member of the House is not on this list, find out why.
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