In an interview with Huntsville CBS affiliate WHNT on Tuesday, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, said he believes there’s a chance congressional Democrats will back down from their intransigent stance on upholding the president’s controversial healthcare law.
Brooks also conceded the current government shutdown isn’t good for the economy.
“A government shutdown has an adverse effect on our economy,” Brooks said. “Although… through the 1970s and 1990s we’ve had 17 government shutdowns. And as you know, we had a thriving economy in the 80s and in the 90s.”
Brooks cited his desire to stop out-of-control government spending as the primary reason he’s been willing to take the current fight to the shutdown level.
“I am quite willing to do whatever I can with respect to continuing resolutions, appropriation bills, debt ceiling votes, to try to get those in Washington who are financially irresponsible to start doing the right thing,” he said.
But as for the primary stated goal of rolling back ObamaCare, Brooks said he wasn’t giving up on the possibility of Democratic lawmakers giving in — at least to some degree.
“Under the right circumstances it’s possible,” Brooks said. “We’d have to see how those circumstances unfold. Today, [it’s] unlikely. Tomorrow, maybe.”
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