Posted on 02/04/2013 1:24:32 PM PST by PJ-Comix
Senate Republicans are sending a letter Monday to the White House budget office arguing that President Obama’s nominee to be treasury secretary, Jacob “Jack” Lew, was complicit in breaking a Medicare budget law.
The letter comes the same day that Mr. Obama officially missed another deadline in the budget law by failing to submit his blueprint on the first Monday in February. The president has only met that deadline once in his tenure.
On the Medicare funding issue, federal law requires that if the program’s funding becomes imbalanced, its trustees are required to issue a warning, and the president is required to send Congress a plan to repair the finances.
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How can Lew be approved by the Senate for Sec. of Treasury if the Obama Administration hasn't yet submitted a budget? And I hope one of the senators asks him what he thinks about the Senate NOT even voting on a budget for over 3 years. Of course, the Swoon Journalists will attack any senators who dare to ask him about this.
Having a disregard for the law is one of Barry's prerequisites for membership in his regime.
They only follow the laws they want to. Only the serfs must follow all laws.
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