Three cheers for House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) who gave the closing speech against ObamaCare on the House floor on March 21st. It was Boehner’s finest hour as a member of Congress. He showed courage by sticking his neck out to protect all Americans. Still, Congress went ahead and passed a health care monstrosity.
you re saying, the vitter amendment simply says the laws you pass, the burdens you put on us, the american people, the burden will be on you uh. first of all obama care itself say that is about obama care. it s this illegal rule by the obama administration gets around it. i think it is an illegal rule but the vitter amendment goes back to the statute and makes the chefs in washington eat their own cooking. the staffs of the president are still exempt. they don t have to get into the exchanges. not at all. the statute says members of congress and congressional staff should have to and the special rule even gets some wiggle room there and takes a lot of the pain out of that. they get the 72% subsidy. correct. that s not in the law at all. that s what this illegal rule they added it in later. correct. like the grandfathering clauses. i think this would resonate with the american people. we are taking it straight to the american people. citizens united is starting liv
and david vitter. great to be with you, sean. you re saying, the vitter amendment simply says the laws you pass, the burdens you put on us, the american people, the burden will be on you guys. first of all obama care itself say that is about obama care. it s this illegal rule by the obama administration gets around it. i think it is an illegal rule but the vitter amendment goes back to the statute and makes the chefs in washington eat their own cooking. the staffs of the president are still exempt. they don t have to get into the exchanges. not at all. the statute says members of congress and congressional staff should have to and the special rule even gets some wiggle room there and takes a lot of the pain out of that. they get the 72% subsidy. correct. that s not in the law at all. that s what this illegal rule they added it in later. correct. like the grandfathering clauses. i think this would resonate with the american people. we are taking it straight to th
which had this one demand, this vitter amendment this idea that you wouldn t let the federal government pay any employee contribution for members of the house or their staff, would you have voted that down in the senate? there s no way i m going to vote for that. the bottom line is that the person that s answering phones in my office that s making $30,000 a year needs that benefit or they would be in trouble. all those folks over there in the house of representatives who don t want to have is that benefit, giving that benefit up when this debate s over with. they don t have to vote on it, i m sure they could just refuse that as part of your compensation? if they don t want it, they can refuse it and if that s what they feel needs to be done, they can do that. and in the meantime, hopefully the senate can get together as adults to move this economy forward because it s obvious that the house s main goal through this whole process was to sin tarrant county economy.
which had this one demand, this vitter amendment this idea that you wouldn t let the federal government pay any employee contribution for members of the house or their staff, would you have voted that down in the senate? there s no way i m going to vote for that. the bottom line is that the person that s answering phones in my office that s making $30,000 a year needs that benefit or they would be in trouble. all those folks over there in the house of representatives who don t want to have is that benefit, giving that benefit up when this debate s over with. they don t have to vote on it, i m sure they could just refuse that as part of your compensation? if they don t want it, they can refuse it and if that s what they feel needs to be done, they can do that. and in the meantime, hopefully the senate can get together as adults to move this economy forward because it s obvious that the house s main goal through this whole process was to sin tarrant county economy.