Spokesman tries to clarify another dumb Boehner statement: "moratorium on new federal regulations"

[ProSense]

Boehner: No more new Federal regulations!

UPDATE, 2:50 p.m.: DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen responds:

"Republican Leader Boehner's comments are Exhibit A of how Washington Republicans want to adopt the same policies that got us into this mess to begin with. You would think that - after the shenanigans on Wall Street, the West Virginia mine disaster, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill -- Republicans would put the interests of workers, tax payers, and consumers over the needs of big, corporate special interests and their Washington lobbyists. Sadly, that is not the case,"

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UPDATE, 1:11 p.m.: Boehner spokesman Michael Steel gets in touch to clarify that this moratorium would not apply to new regs for the oil industry.

"Boehner said at the same press event that we need to find out what happened in the Gulf and how we can make sure it never, ever happens again," Steel said. "So it is clear that would fall under the `emergency' regulations exception he described."

Asked how this would work, Steel said the idea had first surfaced today during the much-publicized meeting with trade groups, which was streamed online. He said it was too early to go into detail on how such a moratorium would function.

:rofl:

[NJmaverick]

1. Hey the Republicans have to earn all that money they are going to get

under the Republicans Supreme Court written Citizens United law.

[babylonsister]

2. A three-tini lunch?

Too early to go into detail? Oi. Open mouth, insert foot, again. :D

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