Wed
Jul 31 2013
09:02 pm
By: macmurchadh

After 40 separate votes to repeal and a threatened government shutdown, now it's "silly effort" says Corker.

“I think it’s a silly effort, and what people are really saying who are behind that effort is, ‘We don’t have the courage to roll up our sleeves and deal with real deficit reduction and spending decisions. We want to take ourselves out of the debate and act like we are being principled to the American people by saying if there is one dime of funding for Obamacare we are not going to vote for the (continuing resolution),’ ” Corker said Tuesday morning on MSNBC. “I don’t look at that as very courageous.”

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