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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. >> 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 o...
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...
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...
Spiriva helps me breathe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? don't 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 obsession of the gop since the shutdown of the government. this is the vitter amendment that would di...