[hummingbird]

"What he will say, “I have instructed congress” Date for full implementation: December 23 Revisionist date of November 30 down the memory hole. What will actually happen: rest of rat donors get exemption. What media will say: “Obama is so courageous” Republican response: “we need to do what is best for the American people, which includes an exemption the extended families of congress.”

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Sounds about right.

[Paladin2]

Boner has fallen a LONG way:

"Elected to Congress in 1990, John quickly became a voice for reform. First, he adopted a "no earmarks" policy that he carries with him to this day. And as part of the "Gang of Seven," he and fellow lawmakers took on the House establishment – Democrats and Republicans. Together, they successfully closed the scandal-riddled House Bank, uncovered "dine-and-dash" practices at the House Restaurant, and exposed drug sales and cozy cash-for-stamps deals at the House Post Office.

In 1994, John was instrumental in crafting the landmark Contract with America. One of the Contract's cornerstones - the Congressional Accountability Act, which required lawmakers to live under the same rules and regulations as the rest of the nation – bears the unmistakable print of his drive to change the way Congress works."

- from Boner's web site of all places.