A key Senate leader joined Fox News Sunday to discuss the Houses impending vote on health care reform and what happens next should the bill pass.
Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican who is a member of the GOPs Senate Leadership team, said that if the health care reform bill passes through the House his colleagues are prepared to bring hundreds of amendments to the Senate floor in an effort to weaken the bill.
Were going to help the American people understand by these amendments what is in the bill and why they are right when they think it's a bad bill. I mean, the American people don't want this bill, but our Democrat friends seem determined to jam it down their throat regardless, and I think there are going to be some very serious consequences. But we're going to highlight that with our amendments.
The issue of how the health care bill would be received by the states has garnered some attention over the past week, as many Republicans point out that lawsuits could be brought in yet another effort to dilute the health care bills overall effect. Cornyn says, I know early on 16 state attorney generals said they were prepared to sue over the provisions of the Senate bill which favored some states over others.
The Senator then added, This litigation may go on literally for months and years.
Senator Cornyn, who also serves as the Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, also weighed in on the effect the health care bill will have on his efforts to help Republican Senate candidates get elected and take back the majority.
I think we're going to have some significant gains. I won't, I'm not going to give you a number. I will tell you that in 2012 there are nine Republican seats up, 23 Democrat seats. I think that's the year we turn the corner.
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