Dick Durbin: GOP Needs To Stop Acting Like 'Squealing Political Pigs'
Excerpted from Floor Action: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told House Republicans to stop acting like "squealing political pigs."
"We need to act like adults not like squealing political pigs," Durbin said on the Senate floor Wednesday.
Durbin's remarks were in reaction to a House Republican announcement that they would advance a government spending bill that defunds ObamaCare — something Democrats have said would lead to a government shut down.
"If that is what the Tea Party Republicans think is leadership, God save the United States of America," Durbin said.
Unless Congress agrees on continued spending resolution (CR) by Oct. 1, the government will shut down.
Durbin said the situation was avoidable because it was a "self-imposed crisis" created by House Republicans.
Some Republicans have said the plan to tie government funding to an ObamaCare repeal is ill-conceived and will risk the economic recovery. But Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) needs Tea Party members to pass a spending resolution with solely GOP votes. Tea Party members have said this is the best chance Republicans have in repealing the law.
Dick Durbin: GOP Needs To Stop Acting Like 'Squealing Political Pigs'
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ReplyDeleteExemption for Congress...
The ObamaCare Exemption for Congress is a myth. It turns out Congress can't shut down Obamacare and reports that members of Congress will be exempt from ObamaCare are without merit. Members of Congress will have to buy their health insurance on the exchanges along with millions of other Americans including low to middle income individuals and employers. - http://obamacarefacts.com/congress-obamacare.php
Exemption for big corporations...
The ObamaCare employer mandate / employer penalty, originally set to begin in 2014, will be delayed until 2015. The ObamaCare "employer mandate" is a requirement that all businesses with over 50 full-time employees provide health insurance for their employees or face a tax penalty. The employer mandate is officially referred to as a "shared responsibility fee", as employers tax will go to help fund tax credits to Americans using the health insurance exchanges and to compensate for unreimbursed emergency health care provided to the uninsured. - http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-employer-mandate.php