https://freerepublic.com/tag/vitters/ en-us Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:03:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3086046/posts Sen. David Vitter wants to put the klieg lights on any member of Congress who decides that certain staff members are not “official,” a maneuver that would exempt the employee from entering a health exchange tied to Obamacare as mandated by the 2010 law. Mr. Vitter, Louisiana Republican, filed the Show Your Exemption Act on Thursday to force lawmakers to reveal how they designate each of their staffers. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, wrote an amendment to the Affordable Care Act that placed members of Congress and their staffs in the state-based insurance markets, or exchanges, set up by the... Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3086046/posts#comment Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:03:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3067918/posts Just when you think Washington politics couldn't get dirtier, Congress finds a new low. To hold onto their illegal Obamacare subsidy that no other American earning $174,000 could get, members of Congress are trying to silence the subsidy's chief critic, Sen. David Vitters, by dredging up a 2007 unproven accusation that Vitters patronized a prostitute before being elected to the Senate. Shockingly, the cabal also proposes that any member of Congress who votes for Vitter's proposal would be ineligible for the subsidy if Vitter fails and the subsidy stays. Has anyone in Congress read the Constitution? You can't make a... Creators Syndicate https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3067918/posts#comment Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:58:00 GMT