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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.

And david vitter. >> great to be with you, sean. >> youre 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. its 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 ...

Which had this one demand, this vitter amendment this idea that you wouldnt 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? >> theres no way im going to vote for that. the bottom line is that the person thats answering phones in my office thats 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 dont want to have is that ...

Which had this one demand, this vitter amendment this idea that you wouldnt 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? >> theres no way im going to vote for that. the bottom line is that the person thats answering phones in my office thats 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 dont want to have is that ...

Spiriva helps me breathe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? dont wait to ask your doctor about spiriva. and now 15 day government shutdown, the risk of default is all for what, exactly? the republican ransom note went from defunding obama care to something of counter intuitive demands. today briefly, the house republican leadership showed their hand. they floated the idea of a new ransom. a pay cut for congressional staff. we mentioned this at the top. this has been an ongoing ob...

Republican congressman tim holtz camp who was with ted cruz for enchilada night. said anybody who would vote for that would garantee --landestine meeting in the basement of for tiera coast, met to see what house speaker john boehner had planned. >> we know the morning meeting began with funeral parlor owner turned congressman steve sutherland of florida led his fellow republicans in singing "amazing grace. the vitter amendment which amounts to a salary cut for lawmakers and their much less

Came out and said that it doesnt do anything to obama care and it put a lot of heat on the republicans in the house; is that right? >> that may be true in part. a lot of people i talked to were supportive. quite frankly our amendment causes people not to support it members are going to have to pay more. there are members on our sidenned at democratic side who dont like that. i think its helpful in terms of the fight against obama care. if you have a statute that imposes burdens on society and th...

Me. >> looks politically bad. >> makes it very clear how determined they are to protect the political elite in washington. >> well, they say, what happens if they have a brain drain or something if that is if the vitter amendment is part of it. do you know what the peoples reaction these are the brains that gave us obama care. these are the brains that are screwing up policy over and over and over again. >> so i guess we dont have to worry about that anyway, tomorrow we will see what happens in ...

Me. >> looks politically bad. >> makes it very clear how determined they are to protect the political elite in washington. >> well, they say, what happens if they have a brain drain or something if that is if the vitter amendment is part of it. do you know what the peoples reaction these are the brains that gave us obama care. these are the brains that are screwing up policy over and over and over again. >> so i guess we dont have to worry about that anyway, tomorrow we will see what happens in ...

Effort. theres only one problem. senate democrats have made it clear, it has no chance of survival on the other side of the capital. im joined now by democratic senator, john tester of monday. good afternoon, sir. even as you join us, your colleague, senator david vitter, was just -- is now debating the vitter amendment, which, of course, the house speaker plans to table as part of the condition for reopening the government, and for raising the debt ceiling. whats your reaction to the news today...