Former U.S. House Speaker (and John Locke Foundation 20th anniversary speaker) Newt Gingrich uses his latest Human Events column to react to Sunday’s health-care vote:
This is not the end of the fight. It is the beginning.
The fight will continue in the Senate where Democrats will now try to pass a reconciliation bill filled with ?fixes? to the healthcare bill passed Sunday. Republicans are committed to holding the Democrats accountable for their vote and making sure they do not abuse the reconciliation process.
The fight will continue in the states where 38 of them have filed or are planning to file legislation that rebukes Obamacare?s ?individual mandate? that requires you to purchase insurance even if you would rather pay directly for medical care. In addition, Attorneys General from several states plan to file lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare bill?s individual mandate.
And most importantly, the fight will continue at the ballot box for the millions of Americans who refuse to be ignored. In the end, it is only by repudiating those politicians who voted for the health bill in free and fair elections that we can repeal this bill and start over on common sense, market-oriented, patient-centered health reform.
