Posted on 05/07/2015 8:21:42 PM PDT by Mariner
The rumors began trickling in about a week before the scheduled vote on April 23: Republican leadership was quietly pushing senators to pull support for subpoenaing Congress’s fraudulent application to the District of Columbia’s health exchange — the document that facilitated Congress’s “exemption” from Obamacare by allowing lawmakers and staffers to keep their employer subsidies.
The application said Congress employed just 45 people. Names were faked; one employee was listed as “First Last,” another simply as “Congress.” To Small Business Committee chairman David Vitter, who has fought for years against the Obamacare exemption, it was clear that someone in Congress had falsified the document in order to make lawmakers and their staff eligible for taxpayer subsidies provided under the exchange for small-business employees.
But until Vitter got a green light from the Small Business Committee to subpoena the unredacted application from the District of Columbia health exchange, it would be impossible to determine who in Congress gave it a stamp of approval.
When Vitter asked Republicans on his committee to approve the subpoena, however, he was unexpectedly stonewalled.
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Huh.
Who knew Libertarian was code for scummy, elitist, Progressive establishment Republicans and has NOTHING to do with the TRUTH?
Does anyone have a list of FR’s Liberal-Republican Cheerleaders who “scare-monger” whenever someone speaks out against treasonous GOPe perfumed princes?
Anyone responding to rejections of Jeb Bush with “Hillary Thanks You” should be banned for life.
These five are pukes, lower than sewage, including DEB FISCHER and RAND PAUL. Yeah YOU, Rand Paul! What a disgraceful fraud!
Pot calling kettle black award.
Sounds like the thugs and gangsters have taken over.
bttt
I think you are way behind the times. The Republican House voted 41 times for repeal.
Acting now is unnecessary because the matter is now before the SCOTUS.
Wow, it’s almost as if Congress could not tell SCOTUS to butt out on any number of topics....
Could have swore I read otherwise, somewhere.
I would argue that the governmental system is working as designed
The congress passed a law, the president signed it. The states found the law objectionable and went to court. The courts will now make a judgement.
If congress finds the judgement objectionable, it can make a new law to remedy the problems raised by the court
The current congress is thus waiting on the court to make a judgement before acting unnecessarily
> I think you are way behind the times. The Republican House voted 41 times for repeal.
No, I think not — it becomes remarkably clear when you look at things not as Republican vs. Democrat, but the Power Elite vs. us. Don’t you remember how all of a sudden, when the Republican party had enough to block ObamaCare’s funding, it just sailed through? Or how after the Republican party got a majority in the Senate any vigor about repeal dissipated? — Those votes were made because they KNEW they would fail, they were putting up a front and never really meant to repeal it, just give the illusion so that in November they could run on “we’re not Democrats!”.
In fact, they view November as solid proof that (a) they don’t need the conservative vote to win, and (b) that mere words without actions are “good enough”. THAT is what they learned, they don’t see it at all as average Americans saying “Enough! We want this shit stopped!”, not at all.
> Acting now is unnecessary because the matter is now before the SCOTUS.
Bw-ahahaha...
Yeah, the Supreme Court’s going to toss it out... did you learn anything from the tax-that-is-not-a-tax? Essentially the court will do a song and dance and find everything the federal government’s been doing a-ok in-general. Sure they might slap the wrist for show at one or two points, but in the end they are no lovers of liberty and are all to willing to make you a slave of the state.
> Does anyone have a list of FR’s Liberal-Republican Cheerleaders who “scare-monger” whenever someone speaks out against treasonous GOPe perfumed princes?
Not I.
> Anyone responding to rejections of Jeb Bush with “Hillary Thanks You” should be banned for life.
I haven’t gotten a “Hillary Thanks You”... yet.
I’m almost sure someone will, though.
Here, maybe?
Art 3, Section. 2.
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or more States;— between a State and Citizens of another State,—between Citizens of different States,—between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.
The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
” And people here on FR were lamblasting me for not voting Republican in November “
Not me. When the Senate won big, I knew it would be a rubber stamp for Obama’s policies. Since November, 100% of his policies have been supported by McConnell.
It’s disgusting, isn’t it.
(And also a bit disheartening, being a Cassandra.)
At least I keep my 1,000 batting average....
You miss a few important details:
1) They are all part of the same cabal
2) Even the simplest of constructs are contorted/tortured to twist meaning 180 (’Shall NOT be infringed’, ‘Congress shall make NO law’)
The one thing that times them all together, failure to follow the spirit and letter of the Constitution.
There is NOTHING in O’Care that cannot be shown to be in conflict with any number of Amendments, Clauses, etc.
Let alone ‘deeming’ Congress is, SOMEHOW, a ‘small business’ (as they can’t/don’t/won’t follow biz Law they THEMSELVES pass [w/out reading])
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