Your Morning Brief for June 10, 2015.

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Military Force Legislation Debated

According to POLITICO, Congress is looking to okay a three year Authorization for Use of Military Force against the Islamic State, but several lawmakers wanted to proceed with caution, including Senator Rand Paul.

A three-year Authorization for Use of Military Force was introduced by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) as an amendment to a State Department policy bill. The men hoped to jump-start the largely moribund discussion over what the U.S. can do in the fight against the Islamic State, which has grabbed large pieces of Iraq and Syria.

Although several of their colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee praised their attempt to revive the matter in a bipartisan manner, some said they needed more time to carefully parse the language.

Paul (R-Ky.), whose foreign policy views are more cautious than many others in the GOP presidential field, said he worried that there was no clear “geographic limitation on this war.”

He noted that the Islamic State, which also is known as ISIS or ISIL, has a presence in multiple countries. The group also has drawn recruits from dozens of nations.

“I think it’s very very important that the wording be exactly correct,” Paul said.

I'd like to know what Paul's objections are exactly. ISIS is spreading over several countries and in my mind we shouldn't limit ourselves to just the countries ISIS is currently in.

What worries me about Rand Paul is that he will be like President Obama when it comes to war. Giving specific deadlines and telling our enemies when we will be out of the area. I don't believe that has worked for the United States in the past in the Middle East.

Rand Paul has to tell the American people what he really wants when it comes to battling ISIS since many view him as someone who is an isolationist.

Obama Steps Up Pro-Obamacare Rhetoric

As we wait for the Supreme Court ruling that could kill Obamacare, the President is stepping up his rhetoric when discussing the new law. On Tuesday, President Obama told the Catholic Health Association that Obamacare is part of the national fabric and that healthcare isn't a privilege according to POLITICO.

“This is now part of the fabric of how we care for one another,” Obama said. “This is health care in America.”

Peppered with religious and historical references, Obama’s speech was part victory lap and part plea: an assertion of the law’s success, even as the courts and the Republican-controlled Congress threaten to dismantle the overhaul.

Saying broadening access to health care had been the goal of historic leaders “from Teddy Roosevelt to Teddy Kennedy,” Obama asserted that health care is “not a privilege, it is a right.”

As many as 6.4 million people are at risk of losing the subsidies that make their health insurance affordable if the government loses in the high court. Known as King v. Burwell, the case considers whether the subsidies, based on the wording of the law, can legally be distributed to customers in states that use the federal exchange on Healthcare.gov instead of building their own state-based marketplaces.

The case has huge practical and political implications. The administration has consistently expressed confidence that it will prevail but said there’s no administrative fix if it loses.

Is Obamacare part of the fabric of America? No. However, because of the size of Obamacare it will have an impact if it goes away. This is now the time that Republicans should leave and come up with a new idea.

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