"House Republicans Simply Cannot be Led"

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1. At least they were able to impeach I mean "sue" the president.  Good thing we pay them each six-figures with tax funded offices and staffs.

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   1. Funny thing about that suit. It seems really odd that, while Boehner is suing him for taking executive action to delay a provision of ACA, Repugs, having failed to pass the bill dealing with the border crisis, are suggesting that Obama…. wait for it… just use his executive privilege to deal with the problem. Guess they could claim it's not the same thing at all (and I'm sure modster and AC will) but turns out GW did pretty much exactly the same thing Boehner's suing Obama for and none of the Repugs hyperventilating now, including Boehner, were at all concerned then:

      Boehner's concern is confusing given that he was House Majority Leader in May 2006, when President George W. Bush chose to waive Medicare Part D's penalties for low-income and disabled seniors who signed up late. "Officials determined that collecting the fees from poor beneficiaries would cost more than the penalties themselves," reported McClatchy. The article goes on to suggest that the Bush administration's move was partially motivated to make sure Congress did not pass legislation permanently removing the late-enrollment penalties.

      There is little evident difference between Obama's unilateral delay of the employer mandate in Obamacare and Bush's unilateral delay of the late-enrollment penalties in Medicare Part D (my emphasis). But Boehner sees one as a threat to the republic while the other passed like a breeze in the night.

      http://www.vox.com/2014/7/11/5890633/boehner-is-suing-obama-so-he-doesn-t-have-to-impeach-him

       

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2. So yet again, the House Republican "leadership" refuses to allow a vote on a bill simply because they can't pass it with Republican votes alone – even though they know they have enough Democratic votes for the measure to pass …

   And the Republicans claim that OBAMA is to blame for not being able to forge consensus?

   Crazy.

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3. Who's calling them hypocrites now?

   A pair of House Republicans admitted on Friday that it made little sense to sue President Barack Obama over executive overreach and, at the same time, urge him to act without Congress to solve the border crisis.

   "Look, you can't say on the one hand that the president is overreaching by acting without legislative authority and direction and then refuse to give him legislative authority and direction in another area," Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a frequent voice of moderation in the House GOP conference, said on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown."

   Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) echoed Cole's remarks on MSNBC, promising Republicans were not leaving town until they vote on some sort of legislation to address the influx of unaccompanied minors crossing the border.

   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/border-crisis-tom-cole_n_5641292.html

   And we all know what RINOs those House members from Oklahoma and Texas are!

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   1. There should be a break between the two remarks but I lost it while self editing. From same article (see link) but separated by other text.

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