GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Congressman Amash, let me bring this to you. The president talking about these looming showdowns over the potential government shutdown this week. We hit the debt limit on October 18, I believe.
And you saw the president; he pushed back a few times. He certainly seems to be saying he is not going to negotiate at all over the debt limit despite the precedence. Are you, and he’s banking, I believe, on Republicans in the House either falling apart or caving.
REP. JUSTIN AMASH (R-MICHIGAN): Well we have to have compromise. The president himself is arguing that we’re not willing to compromise. We’re willing to compromise. And part of that compromise means when you want to borrow more money, we’re going to have to have some cuts in government. And that’s all Republicans are asking for.
And we’re not talking about draconian cuts–
STEPHANOPOULOS: Well there’s a strong faction asking for defunding Obamacare though.
AMASH: We’re talking about delaying Obamacare for a year, which is something the president has asked for with the Employer Mandate. So let’s delay it for everyone. I think we’re doing the president a favor if we delay it.
(LAUGHTER)
AMASH: The president is not ready to be implemented. If anything the president should be asking us to delay it because it’s better for him politically.
Rep. Amash: Republicans Doing Obama A "Favor" By Pushing To Delay Obamacare
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