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Harry Reid’s Office Leaks Boehner Office Emails—And It Could Ruin Any Faith You Have in Washington
The Blaze ^ | 10-2-2013 | Becket Adams

Posted on 10/02/2013 7:46:56 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather

A series of leaked emails from House Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff, Mike Sommers, show that the Speaker may have coordinated with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) to exempt Congress from Obamacare.

The emails were leaked Tuesday by David Krone, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s chief of staff, who actually has a history of this sort of thing.

The leaks, which are a major taboo in Washington, show Rep. Boehner (R-Ohio) worked behind the scenes earlier this year to address confusion over a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would force members of Congress and their aides into the exchanges. In fact, if one were to go by the leaks, which were first given to Politico, it appears that the offices of Boehner and Reid regularly coordinated to exempt Congress from the health care law.

But given that the Speaker is now apparently against congressional Obamacare exemptions, the emails make him look inconsistent and hypocritical – which may have been the point of their leaking.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: boehner; congresssubsidies; destroyingus; emails; govtshutdown; killmiddleclass; leakedemails; leaks; obamacarefail; reid; reidemails; scorchedearth; stealingwealth
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To: BarnacleCenturion

I do fault Boehner on this. We the taxpayer are subsidizing Congress’ Obamacare to the tune of 75%. A leader sticks with his people—he doesn’t try to exempt himself from the trouble at hand especially if it will harm the people in his own party more. So, yes, he’s slime and boy oh boy he better not fricking cave, not now.


121 posted on 10/02/2013 8:42:28 AM PDT by navymom1
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Its a mistake to trust Reid ever. Boehner was a fool to trust Reid.

In fact, too stupid to be Speaker. He needs to go.


122 posted on 10/02/2013 8:43:21 AM PDT by marron
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Reid, for his part, is willing to burn his asset (Boehner) in order to get the congressional exemption. That means they are desperate and all in on this.


123 posted on 10/02/2013 8:44:26 AM PDT by marron
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To: fatnotlazy

Beck is talking to L. Gohmert about this right now. Gohmert said he has never seen it. I do not know if it is legit but if you think about it..there could be even more emails we don’t know about. Harry Reid could have just played this card initially as a warning.


124 posted on 10/02/2013 8:44:36 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: pgkdan
They all need to be .....





These are campaign pictures the Gelding Old Party was using during an election back when my Uncle was a Rep in Congress (He is turning over in his grave today). Approx date was Eisenhower regime.
125 posted on 10/02/2013 8:46:07 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: God luvs America

But why did they vote against? Out of conviction, or only to provide cover?


126 posted on 10/02/2013 8:46:16 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
This is about his own healthcare coverage and the coverage of his family.

F*** him! And his f***ing family! Where is my exemption?! Where is yours?! Where are the exemptions for everyone reading this?! How much of his political capital was he willing to spend to exempt himself while the rest of us got fed to the wolves? Those assholes in DC keep acting like royalty because that kind of behavior is constantly excused.

127 posted on 10/02/2013 8:46:32 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: cripplecreek
"Now the question is, can he redeem himself by exposing what he knows about the democrats."

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He could/should resign as Speaker of the House.

He hasn't really been a good SOTH anyway so this would be a good time to go.

128 posted on 10/02/2013 8:47:23 AM PDT by hummingbird (Don't be afraid of the big words.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Thanks for the heads up about Louie...this whole #Barrycade of our vets is absurd.


129 posted on 10/02/2013 8:48:10 AM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

You want to know why we’re inflicted with jokes like boner running your party..? Just read all of the posts by people making excuses for him. Republicans have the “leadership” they deserve.


130 posted on 10/02/2013 8:49:27 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

“The emails were leaked Tuesday by David Krone, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s chief of staff, who actually has a history of this sort of thing.”

Reid’s office must reek with the stench of evil.


131 posted on 10/02/2013 8:50:23 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: KittenClaws

Recently heard that the DNC was low on funds. Kinda expected this little ‘shut down’ to get the dumb masses to donate. Seems the two parties coordinate these events.


132 posted on 10/02/2013 8:51:04 AM PDT by griswold3 (Post-Christian America is living on borrowed moral heritage)
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To: tanknetter
Boehner needs to be allowed to stick to his guns.

Stick to his guns? If he does that, it's time to start looking for 1)the real John Boehner and 2)the hatched shell of an alien pod.

133 posted on 10/02/2013 8:51:13 AM PDT by shego
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I don’t think anybody here ever had any “faith in Washington” to begin with.

The important thing is not what Boehner did - we all knew he was that kind of politician - but what he’s doing now.


134 posted on 10/02/2013 8:52:25 AM PDT by livius
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To: stanne
There will come a time when every republican who did not or could not stand with Ted will be completely unwelcome by the GOP

I hope that is true. My fear is that Cruz will be neutralized by the beltway establishment before he can neutralize them. He needs all the support we can give him. Leaders like him don't come around very often.

135 posted on 10/02/2013 8:53:05 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: tanknetter

This is SOP for the Dems. There are countless stories of Reid/Pelosi/Obama going back in their word in negotiations.

If Reid is going to refuse conference and go scorched earth Boehner should just cut him out. Engage the kenyan directly. He should have done that all along. No more freebies for the bystander in chief.


136 posted on 10/02/2013 8:53:53 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Reed is a despicable little creature.


137 posted on 10/02/2013 8:54:33 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Who am I to judge homosexuals? That's what the Tony Awards are for.)
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To: cripplecreek

"John, we got em fooled!"

"John, there's more free lunches for you when you go along with the progam." Barack Obama "John, Harry's buying lunch"

138 posted on 10/02/2013 8:55:12 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman
" God bless Cruz for forcing these Rats and Rinos into the light of day."

Amen to that!
Cruz has shown the country and the world what dishonorable people we have in our government.
And these same people presume to rule over us.
I say keep exposing their sins to the country.
A great and awful accounting is coming soon.
I can sense it and so can those that are paying attention.

139 posted on 10/02/2013 8:55:58 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: sheikdetailfeather

It’s easy to understand why Reid did this. He knows the media is lock step with him and he knows they truly see nothing wrong with their masters exempting themselves. So at this time, what difference does it make? Reid believes releasing this will damage boner with the low-info and spoon fed right leaning voter. He’s only trying to drag boner into the gutter with him as he knows it’s really no big deal for him. Boner needs to go but dirty harry just tossed him a bone. Boner is a career politician and now we can lean on him hard to do our bidding or he can face total removal from DC (a place he very much cherishes). Reid only damaged himself as now it is shown in the light of day it doesn’t pay to do any business with the weasel.


140 posted on 10/02/2013 8:57:25 AM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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