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Schumer: Dems Got Everything They Wanted; Republicans Got ‘A Fig Leaf’
Cybercast News Service ^ | October 17, 2013 - 8:51 AM | Susan Jones

Posted on 10/17/2013 7:00:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The bipartisan deal to reopen the government and temporarily lift the debt ceiling includes one small Obamacare element—a provision that says people’s incomes must be verified before they can get Obamacare subsidies to help pay their insurance premiums.

But this was not a concession to Republicans, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday.

“It’s, you know, it is, frankly, a bit of a fig leaf, which we were happy to give, but that was not a negotiation. That was not what Ted Cruz and the others started to demand that we give them.” …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: chuckschumer; debtceiling; fiscalcliff; gopcaved; obamacare
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To: Olog-hai

Chuckie Cheese classy as usual. Typical Marxist scum.


81 posted on 10/17/2013 11:22:27 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory ... Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Olog-hai

Chuckie is right.

MY SUGGESTION?

We at Free Republic take up A SPECIAL collection to find WHOEVER is running against that turtle-necked old bastard Mitch McConnell the CHIEF architect of this catastrophe.

HE should be the political target of the day


82 posted on 10/18/2013 2:54:54 AM PDT by ZULU (Impeach that Bastard Barrack Hussein Obama)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

We should THANK Chuckie for publicizing this.

McConnell is the REAL prick. We have to get that old carcass kicked OUT of office.


83 posted on 10/18/2013 2:57:33 AM PDT by ZULU (Impeach that Bastard Barrack Hussein Obama)
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To: Olog-hai

“fig leaf”?

Healthcare.gov is falling to pieces, and there’s now a brand new systems integration requirement generated that MUST be included, by law.

Where does the income validation come from? How long will it take to establish the interface? Once the interface IS established, how long does the actual verification take?

I dont think this is a fig leaf. It’s a major new, late arriving systems requirement thats going to cause even more problems with Healthcare.gov.


84 posted on 10/18/2013 3:07:25 AM PDT by tanknetter
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