Wednesday, January 5, 2011

House moves to the right, the reforms of Obama in its sights

The Republican opponents of Barack Obama have taken, Wednesday, Jan. 5, the control of the House of Representatives committed to backtrack on reforms of the President, in the crosshairs with the resumption of the White House next year. Unsurprisingly, they elected their leader John Boehner, the new chairman of the meeting, following their victory in parliamentary elections on 2 November.

At 61, Republican and will embody the opposition to Barack Obama at least until the 2012 presidential election. Elected on Wednesday by 241 votes out of 432 voters before being cheered by MPs from both sides, he succeeded Democrat Nancy Pelosi, to roost since 2007. John Boehner said that what the people wanted, "is an honest government that is accountable and who is sensitive to his needs." "Our goal is to make government the people," he added, setting the tone of the new majority that has garnered over 63 new seats in parliamentary elections on 2 November.

In a spirit of relaxation, Pelosi then symbolically handed over the gavel to Mr. Boehner to chair the session, joking about the large size of it compared with his own "choice of hammer," more modest. Pelosi then said that Democrats were prepared to deal with the new majority if they came "with solutions to address the problems of Americans." For his part, Mr.

Boehner will have to deal with its right wing and dozens of elected pro Tea Party Wednesday that made their entry in the House. Conservatives who, true to their campaign promises, promised to cut public spending and fight against state regulations "destroy jobs". Above all, they plan to obtain the repeal of the flagship reforms of President Obama on health coverage, designed to provide health coverage to at least 32 million Americans who do not.

A vote will take place next Wednesday on the text with a symbolic significance since repealed by the House of the law adopted in March 2010 will be met with opposition from the Senate, where Democrats have kept the majority and the president's veto Obama. On Tuesday, Republican Eric Cantor, who takes office as majority leader in the House, said that even the Pentagon is expected to tighten their belts.

In addition, the conservative Committee on oversight and government reform have scheduled a number of hearings to examine the actions and expenditures of the federal government. In total, the Republicans have planned saving 100 billion over the 2011-2012 Budget, but will probably revise their ambitions downwards.

Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 10:18 PM

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