Professor Peabody
08-27-2013, 11:11 PM
GOP bill to eliminate health-care subsidies for Congress and staff under Obamacare
11:22 PM 08/26/2013
Caroline May Political Reporter
A Republican lawmaker has announced that he will introduce legislation to prohibit members of Congress and Congressional staff from receiving government health insurance subsidies under Obamacare.
Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis will introduce the “James Madison Congressional Accountability Act” when Congress returns from recess in September, a DeSantis staffer told The Daily Caller. The legislation comes in the wake of an Office of Personnel Management decision to allow members of Congress and their staff to keep their government contributions for health insurance when Obamacare is implemented.
DeSantis notes that an amendment inserted into Obamacare by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley mandates that Congress participate in the Obamacare exchanges so its members suffer the “same fate as” the rest of America.
“The Obama administration cannot override the law and grant special subsidies to members of Congress and their staffs,” DeSantis said in a statement.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/26/gop-bill-to-eliminate-health-care-subsidies-for-congress-and-staff-under-obamacare/
They should ALL suffer the same fate as the rest of America. From the President on down. If that happened then Obama Care would be just something that failed in 2010. We all need to write, call or eMail our Senators and Representatives and tell them if Obama Care is good enough for us, it's good enough for them and their families. It will pass the Republican controlled House, but I'm sure it will fail in the Blue Blood Elitist slob Democrat controlled Senate. The Democrats passed this asinine bill without Republican votes, why won't they agree to take the same medicine as they have forced on us?
11:22 PM 08/26/2013
Caroline May Political Reporter
A Republican lawmaker has announced that he will introduce legislation to prohibit members of Congress and Congressional staff from receiving government health insurance subsidies under Obamacare.
Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis will introduce the “James Madison Congressional Accountability Act” when Congress returns from recess in September, a DeSantis staffer told The Daily Caller. The legislation comes in the wake of an Office of Personnel Management decision to allow members of Congress and their staff to keep their government contributions for health insurance when Obamacare is implemented.
DeSantis notes that an amendment inserted into Obamacare by Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley mandates that Congress participate in the Obamacare exchanges so its members suffer the “same fate as” the rest of America.
“The Obama administration cannot override the law and grant special subsidies to members of Congress and their staffs,” DeSantis said in a statement.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/26/gop-bill-to-eliminate-health-care-subsidies-for-congress-and-staff-under-obamacare/
They should ALL suffer the same fate as the rest of America. From the President on down. If that happened then Obama Care would be just something that failed in 2010. We all need to write, call or eMail our Senators and Representatives and tell them if Obama Care is good enough for us, it's good enough for them and their families. It will pass the Republican controlled House, but I'm sure it will fail in the Blue Blood Elitist slob Democrat controlled Senate. The Democrats passed this asinine bill without Republican votes, why won't they agree to take the same medicine as they have forced on us?